The estimated cost of deploying 700 Marines and the National Guard to Los Angeles to quell unrest is about $134 million, said a top Pentagon official in a congressional hearing on Tuesday.
After questioning from members of Congress, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who told lawmakers the total and said this “is largely just the cost of travel, housing, and food.”
She said the money will come from operations and maintenance accounts.
“We stated very publicly that it’s 60 days because we want to ensure that those rioters, looters, and thugs on the other side assaulting our police officers know that we’re not going anywhere,” Hegseth told members of the House appropriations defense subcommittee, referring to the troop deployment….
Pentagon Says Cost of Military Deployment in LA Is $134 Million
