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A person acquainted with this development had said on the condition of not disclosing the name earlier this week that the city was informed about the intention of armed for the National Guard.
US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth has ordered that the National Guard soldiers on the streets of Washington will now be given weapons as part of the campaign to strictly implement law and order by President Donald Trump. This information was given by ‘Pentagon’, the headquarters of the US Department of Defense on Friday.
The Defense Department did not immediately give any other details about this new step or its requirement. This step further enhances Trump’s intervention in the police system in the national capital. This step has been taken at a time when about 2,000 National Guard members are stationed in the city and hundreds of soldiers are coming here from many Republic -led states this week.
The Pentagon and the army said last week that soldiers would not keep weapons with them. A person acquainted with this development had said on the condition of not disclosing the name earlier this week that the city was informed about the intention of armed for the National Guard.
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