Study: National Guard does little to reduce violent crime in D.C. despite $1.5 million cost

Описание: A new study suggests President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., has had little effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to U.S. taxpayers. And the number of guard members in the nation’s capital is set to double as the nation marks its 250th anniversary.

President Trump deployed the guard to D.C. in August as part of a federal task force to fight crime.

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