Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that President Donald Trump has requested an additional 500 National Guardsmen be deployed to Washington, D.C., after two Guardsmen were shot near the White House on Thanksgiving eve.

Hegseth told reporters of the president’s request on Wednesday afternoon.

“It will not stand, and that’s why President Trump has asked me, and I will ask the secretary of the Army to the National Guard, to add 500 additional troops, National Guardsmen, to Washington, DC,” Hegseth said.

“This will only stiffen our resolve to ensure that we make Washington, DC, safe and beautiful. The drop in crime has been historic. The increase in safety and security has been historic. But if criminals want to conduct things like this, violence against America’s best, we will never back d

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