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During a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the cost and necessity of deploying 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to address protests against ICE raids. McCollum criticized the deployment as unfair to Marines and escalatory, arguing it was not comparable to past riots, while Hegseth deflected budget questions and defended the action to protect federal agents.