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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 It\u2019s been 12 months since President Donald Trump announced a crime emergency<\/a> in Washington, pledging to make the city \u201csafe and beautiful\u201d and deploying the National Guard.<\/p>\n

But a mission that seemed temporary has been extended through January 2029<\/a>. Residents and a new cadre of local officials<\/a> see in it an unacceptable attempt by the federal government to restrict the heavily Democratic city’s autonomy and, a year in, still question why having troops on the streets of the nation’s capital is necessary.<\/p>\n

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