Vance, National Guard and Pete Hegseth
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DC residents feel less safe
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What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican governors from six states have pledged to send hundreds of their Guardsmen as reinforcements.
Vice President JD Vance says National Guard troops are making substantial progress tackling crime in Washington, D.C., and suggests their mission may extend beyond 30 days.
Fear in the streets. Buildings burning. Law enforcement struggling to tamp down violence and bring chaos under control.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks, accompanied by Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith, during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National Guard troops to Washington,