Some National Guard members in Washington, D.C., likely fewer than 50, will be armed starting Sunday night, a military official told CBS News.

A spokesperson for the Joint Task Force in the nation's capital declined to disclose where and when guardsmen will be armed, citing security concerns.

"The Secretary of Defense has directed JTF-DC service members to carry their assigned service weapon," the Joint Task Force in D.C. told CBS News in a statement on Sunday. "Task force personnel operate under the established Rules for the Use of Force, which allow the use of force only as a last resort and solely in response to an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President

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