3 states to deploy hundreds of National Guard members
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The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced on Saturday that they plan to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, to support the deployment ordered by US President Donald Trump.
West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio are sending several hundred National Guard troops to Washington to bolster the federal deployment that President Donald Trump has ordered in his effort to reduce crime in the nation’s capital.
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There is no “immediate” assignment to deploy the National Guard, the governor's office said, but that standard language in the governor’s executive order “is there if needed.”