Trump’s mobilization of troops in LA to cost Americans at least $134m, Hegseth says
by Marina Dunbar and Chris Stein in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6XWWY)
US defense secretary defends president's decision to dispatch 2,700 military personnel due to Ice protests
Donald Trump's decision to mobilize the US marines and national guard troops to Los Angeles is expected to cost taxpayers at least $134m and continue for a minimum of 60 days, the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, told lawmakers during a House hearing on Tuesday.
A total of 2,700 military personnel - 700 marines and 2,000 national guard troops - were dispatched to the city on Monday, intensifying a federal presence that both Gavin Newsom, the California governor, and Karen Bass, the Los Angeles mayor, have publicly opposed.
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