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Hundreds of National Guard troops mobilized to protect DC monuments amid protests

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WASHINGTON - Hundreds of troops with the Washington, D.C., National Guard have mobilized to protect monuments in the nation's capital, a senior U.S.

defense official told Fox News on Wednesday.Interior Secretary David Bernhardt requested the action earlier this week, as protesters target statues and other historical markers during ongoing demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd's police custody death in Minneapolis at the end of May.RELATED: Tension overnight after protesters cleared from area near White HouseProtesters on Monday attempted to tear down a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square by the White House, and defaced it with the phrase "killer scum," Reuters reported.

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