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"Two U.S. cities will become virtual fortresses during the Democratic and 
Republican nominating conventions, protected by airplanes, helicopters, barriers, 
fences, and thousands of police officers, National Guard troops, and Secret Service 
agents. In Denver, Colorado, where Democrats assemble next week, police are 
spending $18 million on equipment alone and will be bolstered by National Guard 
troops and hundreds of officers from surrounding suburbs. In St. Paul, Minnesota, 
site of the September 1-4 Republican nominating convention, police are calling on 
80 law- enforcement agencies to provide 3,000 officers to supplement the city’s 
500-person force. The federal money is being spent for security measures such as 
fencing and high- tech camera-surveillance systems. More than 1,000 National 
Guard troops will help with communication and supplies in Denver, said a 
spokesman for the Colorado National Guard. More than 1,000 Minnesota 
National Guard troops will help provide security at sites outside the Xcel Center 
that are being used by convention participants, said a Guard spokesman. The 
North American Aerospace Defense Command, based at Peterson Air Force Base 
in Colorado Springs, will also participate. The Federal Bureau of Investigation 
plans to use a new version of a computer network that lets all its branch offices 
build leads on cases. The Coast Guard will monitor the Mississippi River near the 
Xcel Energy Center."

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