DC will host America 250 celebrations — and a large deployment of the National Guard

from Weekend Edition Sunday · host Ayesha Rascoe

The showy National Guard deployments have ended, but thousands of troops remain on the streets of several American cities. And these deployments come with a steep price tag.

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