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Lawmakers press Defense leaders on domestic troop deployments, legality and costs
Summary
Multiple members pressed DOD witnesses over recent domestic deployments of armed forces and federalized Guard units to U.S. cities, asking for cost figures, legal justification and commitments not to deploy troops to polling places.
Lawmakers used the House Armed Services Committee’s FY27 posture hearing to press Defense Department witnesses on the recent and controversial use of federalized National Guard and active‑duty forces in U.S. cities, asking about legal authority, cost and limits on deployments near polling places.
Rep. Tim Ryan (D‑OH) told the panel that since June 2025 the administration has deployed more than 10,000 federalized guard troops and active‑duty Marines to six American cities, and cited CBO and…
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