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Seattle council leaders call federal troop deployment to Portland unnecessary and amend Select Budget Committee order
Summary
Select Budget Committee chair Dan Strauss and Council member Kettle criticized the federal announcement of troop deployment to Portland and said it directly affected the committee's public-safety agenda, leading to an agreed change in the session order.
Select Budget Committee Chair Dan Strauss opened the Sept. 29 meeting by condemning the federal announcement to send troops to Portland and saying the move affected the committee's work on public safety that day.
'2Words I never thought I would say,' Strauss said, referring to the announcement, and called the action 'completely unnecessary, unwarranted, and only stoke division in chaos that does…
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