From New York Times:

About 1,100 members of the District of Columbia National Guard and 650 Virginia National Guard troops — higher numbers than previously announced — will deploy in Washington on Wednesday night, a National Guard spokesman said.

“The entire D.C. National Guard has been mobilized and is prepared to support law enforcement officers in various locations in the city to protect property, allowing federal and local law enforcement officers to do law enforcement missions,” Capt. Tinashe T. Machona, a spokesman for the D.C. Guard, said in a statement.

The troops are being sent to the D.C. Armory and will be deployed to the Capitol and to other points around Washington, the official said.

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