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Active-duty troops on standby in Washington as mostly peaceful protesters defy curfews across nation

By Jamie McIntyre
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Active-duty troops on standby in Washington as mostly peaceful protesters defy curfews across nation

WAITING IN THE WINGS: The Pentagon has confirmed that hundreds of active-duty soldiers have been flown into the Washington area from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Drum, New York, and placed on “heightened alert status” for possible use controlling unruly protesters following an eighth night of demonstrations in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.

“The Department of Defense moved multiple active-duty Army units into the National Capital Region as a prudent planning measure in response to ongoing support to civil authorities operations,” said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman in a statement issued last night.

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