NATIONAL GUARD TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN D.C.

The Pentagon has approved plans to expand National Guard operations in DC. A recent memo shows plans to let Guard members use additional equipment to support local federal law enforcement partners. That includes the use of police cars, Humvees, tactical vehicles and boats. The Guard would remain in a support role, rather than independently arresting suspects. DC Council member Brooke Pinto has called on the incoming governors of Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas to immediately withdraw their National Guard members from the District. Pinto says those five states represent more than 20 percent of the Guard members deployed in DC.