About 400 US National Guardsmen in the nation’s capital are prepared to help support the police in their mission to protect federal monuments from being destroyed by protesters, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Chris Mitchell said.
“On 23 June, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, and with the approval of the Secretary of Defence, the Secretary of the Army activated roughly 400 members of the DC National Guard to support the National Park Police in a civil disturbance and security role around the District”, Mitchell said on Wednesday.
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