# National Guard deployment to Washington, DC will cost US roughly $1.4bn

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-04 20:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/4/national-guard-deployment-to-washington-dc-will-cost-us-roughly-1-4bn?traffic_source=rss

> Deploying the National Guard to Washington, DC is expected to cost the United States roughly $1.4bn. The estimate indicates the scale of taxpayer money that will be spent on the operation. The deployment has faced widespread criticism. Its projected price therefore offers a measure of the public financial burden attached to the criticised move.