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More than 1,000 Guard troops now leaving DC; others stay on

by Lolita C. Baldor
| March 15, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1,000 National Guard members will be leaving Washington, D.C. over the next few days, but several thousand others will stay on for days or weeks, in the ongoing mission to provide security for the U.S. Capitol that has drawn criticism from lawmakers and reluctance from the military.

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