COLUMBUS, Ohio — At the request of the Trump administration, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has extended the state's National Guard troops' deployment to Washington, D.C. until the end of November.

This month, 150 troops were expected to come home from patrolling the nation's capital — but those plans just got delayed.

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"I really think it damages morale," veteran and state Sen. Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) said. "It really damages the institution."

Weinstein is disappointed in DeWine after he extended the 30-day surge in D.C. for 60 more days.

The original mission was to combat what President Donald Trump called a rise in crime.

"Over the last year, it was a very unsafe place," Trump told reporters Tuesday. "Over the last 20 y

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