The chairman of the Joint Chiefs defended the military’s deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border, but wouldn't say whether it was right to divert military funds toward border barrier construction
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday defended the military’s deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border but wouldn't say whether it was right to divert military funds toward a border barrier construction.
“I’m not going to comment on the appropriateness of taking money from the Department of Defense and moving it to the border,” Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford told an audience at the Brookings Institution.That was in contrast to how Dunford described the deployment of 3,200 troops to help civilian law enforcement at the border. He called that “fundamentally a legal and appropriate mission.”
At the White House’s direction, the Pentagon has been channeling money from various military accounts to construction of a border barrier. That money has allowed the Pentagon to award $6 billion in construction contracts. poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201902/1139/1155968404_6007507802001_6007508885001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"
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