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DOJ slams DC City Council for requests to remove National Guard

The Justice Department on Wednesday slammed the Washington, D.C., City Council over councilors’ requests to remove the National Guard from the city’s streets. Members of the D.C. City Council sent letters to governors in 10 states asking them to withdraw their National Guard members from the city early last month. One letter to Michigan Gov.…

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