The True Cost of National Security: West Virginia Guardsmen Targeted in Washington Attack

When U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom lost her life and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was critically wounded in a brazen attack this week in Washington, D.C., it sent shockwaves through their home state of West Virginia—and raised urgent questions about the policies that put them there in harm's way.Both young men and women answered the call to serve, deployed to the nation’s capital as part of a federal initiative touted as bolstering public safety. Yet in doing so, these West Virginia heroes became targets far from traditional battlefields, paying a steep price on behalf of American sovereignty...