(12 Aug 2025)
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1. STILL Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, from left, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum listen as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ID 25223543064018
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2. STILL Army Gen. James Mingus, speaks during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness hearing on Capitol Hill (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ID 25126753637549
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3. Mid of National Guard troops walking outside the DC Armory
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4. Various of US President Donald Trump speaking about DC crime and homelessness during a White House press conference
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Pesoli, The Associated Press:
"Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and General James Mingus visited the District of Columbia arsenal on Tuesday to meet with soldiers and leaders who have been activated for President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital. District of Columbia National Guard members arrived here on Tuesday, and an Army spokesperson told us that Driscoll wanted to meet with them firsthand to let them know that they had the support from the very top of the Army on this mission and that they had every confidence in their skills."
6. Various of National Guard troops walking outside the DC Armory
STORYLINE:
Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.
The influx came the morning after Trump announced he would be activating the guard members and taking over the department. He cited a crime emergency — but referred to the same crime that city officials stress is already falling noticeably. The president holds the legal right to make such moves — to a point.
The law lets Trump control the police department for a month, but how aggressive the federal presence will be and how it could play out remained open questions as the city’s mayor and police chief went to the Justice Department to meet with the attorney general.
The meeting comes a day after Mayor Muriel Bowser said Trump’s freshly announced plan to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and call in the National Guard was not a productive step. She calmly laid out the city’s case that crime has been dropping steadily and said Trump’s perceived state of emergency simply doesn’t match the numbers.
AP Video shot by Mike Pesoli
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