Pentagon to transfer $1.5 billion to border wall from Afghan forces, other areas

[douglas9]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved the transfer of $1.5 billion to build more than 80 miles of barriers on the border with Mexico, U.S. official said on Friday, including taking about $600 million in savings from an account meant for Afghan security forces.

The latest move comes on top of a March transfer of $1 billion in military money to fund President Donald Trump’s wall, something lawmakers were highly critical of.

“The funds were drawn from a variety of sources, including cost savings, programmatic changes and revised requirements, and therefore will have minimal impact on force readiness,” Shanahan said in a statement.

Shanahan said that the U.S. military had more than 4,000 service members on the border along with 19 aircraft.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-border-pentagon/pentagon-to-transfer-1-5-billion-to-border-wall-from-afghan-forces-other-areas-idUSKCN1SG1TM?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

[watoos]

1. It looks like the Pentagon has more money than it needs,

Democrats should remember that when appropriation's time rolls around.

[Va Lefty]

4. Yep, They need to remember this.

[yaesu]

8. Sometimes they even bitch about getting too much money for certain things

but the military industrial complex is always hungry.

[DeminPennswoods]

16. Way more than it needs

nt

[SergeStorms]

18. The Pentagon...

has more than that in it's couch cushions. DOD could use a very close sheering of their yearly budget.

[pazzyanne]

20. Exactly! If they can give 2 billion dollars to a fricken wall,

They are getting at least 2 billion dollars more than they need. And to take that money from Afghanistan if beyond the pale since we have troops still stationed there. This administration is not anywhere close to the target in what they are doing.

[Iliyah]

2. How many times are they gonna mention this?

I thought this supposedly happened months ago . .

[unc70]

3. This is a second set of money

In addition to that from a while back.

[bronxiteforever]

7. +1 Now 2.5 billion!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Like a Wall is going to stop the Nazis in this country.....

from stirring up trouble, or eliminate school shootings.

Give me a fucking break! When the DoD and Trump asks for money for wars against Venezuela and Iran, Congress needs to say "NO! Take it from the Wall funding!"

I am being sarcastic here. Of course we are not at war in those countries unless cooler heads prevail.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I thought there was a lawsuit to prevent the Pentagon from transferring funds.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj4653-t5HiAhXxg-AKHZUkASYQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fktla.com%2F2019%2F04%2F04%2Faclu-asks-california-judge-to-block-trump-admin-from-building-border-wall-with-pentagon-funds%2F&psig=AOvVaw0suftXt8z5vcqEnHNGkulr&ust=1557594009173492

[eggplant]

9. In a completely non-related story, Trump attempts to promote Acting SecDef to SecDef. n/t

I'm sure it is coincidental.

[stillcool]

10. steal from Peter to pay Paul?

https://ktla.com/2019/03/19/pentagon-lists-possible-project-cuts-in-california-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall/
The Pentagon sent a 20-page list of military construction projects to Congress on Monday that might be slashed to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border.

The document listed hundreds of projects envisioned around the U.S., including California, and the world worth around $12.9 billion.

The list named maintenance or upgrades on a fire emergency response station, electrical equipment, and ambulatory care at Camp Pendleton; airfield security improvements at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar; and a maintenance hangar at Travis Air Force Base.

Not all will be subject to cuts, the Defense Department wrote, making it difficult to determine exactly which would be vulnerable.

The document also named more than $100 million for water treatment plant improvements at Camp Lejeune and airfield security and other work at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in North Carolina.

this is the list
http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2019/images/03/18/milcon.wall.project.pdf

[Bengus81]

11. Hmmm...did Obama constantly STEAL money from the Military??

Trump does and then still whines how the Military was decimated under Obama.

[EleanorR]

12. And this will be handed over to which russian owned steel firm?

Let that sink in. It's likely he's taking money from the US military in order to enrich some russian oligarchs.

[lillypaddle]

13. Another lackey

ho hum.

[Aristus]

14. And do what with it?

Hasn't it already been confirmed that the route of the proposed wall runs through huge areas of privately-owned land that the owners are not eager to sell? Won't land disputes be tied up in the courts forever? Precluding the building of pretty much any length of wall?

[angrychair]

15. This is misappropriating funds

Allocated by Congress.

Acting SecDef is a criminal.

[Scalded Nun]

17. Then the next appropriation needs to be lowered by the same amount

They do not need the money, they never did.

[Maxheader]

19. What the hell stumpy...

Who needs food..who needs bullets? Let the yankees fight the good fight with knives...

Whats that you say traitor?...No knives?

[mahina]

21. Bastardo