Defense Department to start examining projects in hunt for border wall funds
Acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday he would soon start to examine projects that could be delayed or canceled to free up funds for border reinforcement.
Speaking to reporters at the close of his first overseas tour since becoming Pentagon chief last month, Shanahan said the military’s Joint Staff had been conducting a “mission analysis” on ways to deal with drugs and migrants at the border. “Based on that, we can do an assessment of what would be appropriate,” he said.
Shanahan said the department had been preparing for weeks for a potential emergency declaration.
President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in an attempt to circumvent Congress and redirect taxpayer money to fund hundreds of miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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"In addition to the military construction funds, the administration plans to tap into $600 million from the Treasury's Forfeiture Fund and reprogram $2.5 billion from money allocated for Department of Defense counterdrug activities; the president doesn't need to declare a national emergency to access those funds."
Yet he keeps yelling about how drugs are a yoooge part of the "emergency."
What a fucking sham.
