Pentagon puts MP Troops on standby for Minnesota deployment amid Insurrection Act talk

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Pentagon puts MP Troops on standby for Minnesota deployment amid Insurrection Act talk
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The Pentagon ordered several hundred active-duty military police from Fort Bragg to be on standby for a potential deployment to Minnesota if President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act amid protests sparked by the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good, joining earlier orders for 1,500 infantry in Alaska and up to 200 Texas National Guard troops.

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