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700 active-duty Marines will withdraw from Los Angeles, Pentagon says  The Washington Post Marines to leave LA  LAist Pentagon orders 700 Marines to withdraw from Los Angeles as stability returns following ICE protests  Fox News National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom  Los Angeles Times Deployment of all 700 active-duty marines to Los Angeles withdrawn  The Guardian Source link

More than a month after President Trump made the fiercely contentious decision to send about 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles, those troops will begin withdrawing from the city, Pentagon officials said Monday. The decision comes a week after the Pentagon announced that half of the almost 4,000 National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles area would be released …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon ordered the U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles on Monday, more than a month after President Donald Trump deployed them to the city against the objections of local leaders. The 700 Marines were deployed June 9 on the fourth day of protests in downtown LA over the administration’s crackdown on immigration. Four thousand National …

Marines Will Begin Withdrawing From Los Angeles  The New York Times Marines to leave Los Angeles, Pentagon says  Los Angeles Times Pentagon withdraws 700 Marines from Los Angeles  AJC.com Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass pushes to remove National Guard troops  ABC7 Los Angeles Marines leaving Los Angeles, Pentagon says  KTLA Source link

CNN  —  Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon said Monday. “With stability returning to Los Angeles, the Secretary has directed the redeployment of the 700 Marines whose presence sent a clear message: lawlessness will not be tolerated,” chief Pentagon spokesman …