NEW: A portion of the 750 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne that had been dispatched to the Washington, D.C., area to be on standby are being sent back to Fort Bragg, U.S. official tells ABC News.
, which allows the president to deploy active duty troops within the United States to carry out law enforcement duties that are not normally allowed.Wednesday afternoon, a U.S. official said that a portion of the 750 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne that were sent to the Washington area to be on standby in case they were needed in the nation's capital are being sent back to Fort Bragg.
President Donald Trump departs the White House to visit outside St. John's Church, June 1, 2020. Second from right is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley.Before the president, Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.
Demonstrators kneel in front of a line of police officers during a protest for the death of George Floyd, Monday, June 1, 2020, near the White House in Washington."I do everything I can to try stay apolitical and try and stay out of situations that may appear political and sometimes I'm successful at doing that, and sometimes I'm not as successful," the secretary said.
He said that he had made the determination that he wanted to send"a clear message to the department about our approach" and to"set the tone" before giving other DOD leaders the space to express their thoughts.
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