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National Guard members watch protests in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

June 10, 2025

Trump orders Marines to Los Angeles as protests escalate over immigration raids, demonstrating the president’s power to deploy troops on US soil

American troops may be used inside the country, but it is an extraordinary exercise of authority to deploy them domestically, says an expert on the domestic role of the military.

Members of the Utah National Guard were deployed to Washington in June 2020 in response to public protests and demonstrations. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

October 25, 2024

Threatening ‘the enemy within’ with force: Military ethicists explain the danger to important American traditions

Marcus Hedahl, United States Naval Academy and Bradley Jay Strawser, Naval Postgraduate School

Trump wanted to turn the US military on American citizens while he was president. He has increaslngly said he would do so if he wins the White House in 2024.

President Joe Biden attends the arrival of the remains of three U.S. service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

February 3, 2024

US launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria − a national security expert explains the message they send

Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

The US attacks on military sites in Iraq and Syria are unlikely to further escalate conflict in the Middle East, he writes.

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Gregory F. Treverton
Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Marcus Hedahl
Professor of Philosophy, United States Naval Academy
Bradley Jay Strawser
Professor of Philosophy, Naval Postgraduate School
William C. Banks
Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University

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