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Lawmakers Slam Pentagon Request to Divert Military Equipment Funds to Border Wall

Lawmakers Slam Pentagon Request to Divert Military Equipment Funds to Border Wall
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Democrats on Capitol Hill were quick to respond to the new reprogramming request from the Pentagon, which would divert $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations funds to the Trump administration’s border wall project. House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and HAC-Defense Chairman Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) issued a joint statement Feb. 13 regarding the request, which was sent to Congress that day. “President Trump is once again disrespecting the separation of powers and endangering our security by raiding…

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