The 200 soldiers who may appear in Portland in the coming days will come from National Guard companies based in Salem and Woodburn, a National Guard official said Tuesday.

And as Congress grapples with the likelihood of a government shutdown, the 60-day deployment ordered by President Trump on Sunday is expected to cost federal taxpayers at least $3.8 million.

Those details emerged in a brief legislative hearing in Salem on Tuesday, the first to grapple with the possibility of military personnel rolling into the state’s largest city.

Appearing before a budget committee, Russell Gibson with the Oregon Military Department, could not offer much insight into precisely what troops will be doing if they arrive in Portland.

“The details of the mission are still to be determined,” Gibson told

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