National Guard, DC
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The National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states deployed troops to the capital.
Six states have pledged to send troops to Washington, D.C., swelling the number of National Guard brought to support federal law enforcement.
National Guard members from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.
The Republican governors of West Virginia and South Carolina are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, who has portrayed the nation's capital as awash in crime.
National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.