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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gary Fields

National Guard roams Washington with no end in sight to $1 million-per-day deployment

National Guard patrol the Washington Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, April 7, 2026, in Washington - (AP)

Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to its Tidal Basin annually and this year was no different.

Except some of the people strolling the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial were armed and dressed in camouflage.

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