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Pentagon authorizes $1 bn for Trump’s border wall
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Acting Pentagon chief Patrick
Shanahan said Monday he had authorized $1 billion to build part of the wall
sought by President Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border.
The Department of Homeland Security asked the Pentagon to build 57 miles
(92 kilometers) of 18-foot (5.5-meter) fencing, build and improve roads, and
install lighting to support Trump’s emergency declaration as concerns the
border.
Shanahan “authorized the commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers to
begin planning and executing up to $1 billion in support to the Department of
Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol,” a Pentagon statement read.
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