Democrat and Republican on the House Armed Services Cmte. tell Acting Defense Sec. Shanahan that the Trump admin. plan to use Pentagon funds to build a border wall will hurt readiness, and demanded justification for using Pentagon funds. - ckubeNBC
intended for military construction projects and counterdrug activities will come at the expense of troop readiness and Department-wide efforts to address the military's aging infrastructure," wrote Reps. John Garamendi, D–Calif., and Doug Lamborn, R–Colo., the chair and ranking member of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, in a letter to Shanahan.
The congressmen asked Shanahan to provide specifics by Friday about which military construction programs will be affected and to explain why using the fundsThe city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico seen through the border fence from El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 23, 2019.In spring 2018, Pentagon officials reported that the Department of Defense facility maintenance backlog exceeded $116 billion.
The Department of Defense has roughly $1 billion appropriated for counternarcotic missions and drug interdiction for FY19. Garamendi and Lamborn said that the administration has asked for $2.5 billion to be pulled from this"284" funding for the wall, meaning the Pentagon will have to divert money from elsewhere beyond the 284 funding to find the $2.5 billion."We have serious concerns about the impact any reprogramming may have on readiness.
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