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Pentagon to Deploy Thousands More Troops to Southern Border as Dem-Led HASC Questions Merit

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

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Pentagon to Deploy Thousands More Troops to Southern Border as Dem-Led HASC Questions Merit

Troops in formation.

The Pentagon is preparing to send several thousand more active duty troops to support Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) personnel at the U.S. southern border, the department’s top civilian said Tuesday. The ongoing troop deployments, which first began in October 2018, provided the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with logistics and medical support, installation of concertina wire, and monitoring and surveillance aid, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon. “Most recently, DHS has asked us to support…

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