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riversedge

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Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:58 PM Jun 10

Trump admin live updates: Pentagon says deployment of troops in LA will cost $134M, last 60 days [View all]

Source: abc news

Trump admin live updates: Pentagon says deployment of troops in LA will cost $134M, last 60 days

Money will be pulled from existing operations and maintenance accounts.

By Alexandra Hutzler, William Mansell, and Ivan Pereira

Last Updated: June 10, 2025, 11:50 AM CDT

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the deployment of National Guardsmen and Marines to Los Angeles amid objections from Democrats about their domestic deployment.

Protests continue in Los Angeles and other cities across the country in response to Trump's immigration crackdown.

Trump and Hegseth are making a trip to Fort Bragg to celebrate the Army's 250th birthday. Meanwhile, tanks and other equipment have arrived in Washington ahead of this weekend's military parade.............................




Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-updates-live/?id=122650591



WTF!! 2 months??




Hegseth, congresswoman spar over cost of Marine deployment to LARep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the cost of the deployment of troops to Los Angeles as part of a crackdown on Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests.
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