The Defense Department is beginning an assessment of the RFA now — including examining the legality of the request, the feasibility of construction, the impact on military readiness and where the funding will come from.Defense Secretary Mark Esper should get a recommendation on each of these four areas in about two weeks and then decide if the Pentagon will fulfill the request, the official said.
If the RFA is approved, the money would come from counternarcotics, but that budget most likely won’t have enough funds to cover the request. As a result,The Department of Homeland Security did not get enough money in its budget to cover the border construction this year, prompting the request to the Pentagon.
“I think everybody would prefer that DHS get funded to do the border barrier construction,” the official said. There are about 104 miles of wall built to date, with almost 1½ more miles being constructed every day, the official said. The goal is to have between 400 to 500 miles finished by the end of this year.
The official expects construction to accelerate, surpassing the 1½ miles a day. The U.S. has about 5,100 troops at the border, a mix of National Guard and active duty.Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
Doesn’t the military kind of need that money?
Since two Iranians with explosives were caught at the border yesterday I’d say this is a good thing.
There is no new wall
Yep that’s what I’m talking about.
Good and we should BuildingTheWall
How do we pay for this and a Space Force?
Excellent! Sovereignty rules.
Trump bitched about Obama not spending enough on military. Trump now takes money away from the military, don't figure.
It's. Stupid plan they can use hot air balloons to go above and over the wall funny huh
BuildTheWall
God no.
Soooo what you're telling me is that Mexico will finance the wall.
His idiot followers really believe most narcotics are transported this way? Most are brought in on planes or on boats. What about the stuff made here? His symbolic wall fight is out of control.
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