The Pentagon has sent Congress a list of projects that could be impacted by President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency and repurpose military construction funds to pay for his sought-after border wall with Mexico.
The list, which includes a pool of projects valued at $12.9 billion that are"unobligated," meaning that construction contracts have yet to be awarded.Should acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan"determine that construction along the southwest border is necessary to aid the mission of military personnel supporting the Department of Homeland Security, some projects within this pool may be used to fund up to $3.6B in barrier construction," Lt. Col.
Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee who elicited a promise from Shanahan to provide the list last week during a committee hearing, slammed the Trump administration over its content."We know President Trump wants to take money from our national security accounts to pay for his wall, and now we have a list of some of the projects and needed base repairs that could be derailed or put on the chopping block as a result," Reed said in a statement.
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