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    Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence

    The money nearly doubles the $1.3 billion Congress authorized for border wall funding — a move made possible after President Trump declared a national emergency.
    by Bill Chappell Mar 26, 2019 3 minutes
    Salvadoran migrants wait for transportation after turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas — where a border fence is under construction. The Pentagon says it will spend up to $1 billion to help build the fence.

    Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET

    The Department of Defense is shifting $1 billion from a military personnel account to build a 57-mile fence at the southern U.S. border, saying the funds were freed up after some service branches fell short of their recruiting goals.

    The Pentagon won't allow its plan to interfere with military readiness, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan told members of Congress on Tuesday, seeking to ease concerns about the controversial shift of appropriated funding made possible by President Trump's declaration of a national emergency.

    "Military construction on the border will

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