The Pentagon has found $12.8 billion in funded projects that could potentially be used for the southern border wall.
After a review of the military construction budget, the Defense Department produced a list of 400 funded military construction projects totaling $12.8 billion that could be tapped for the border wall construction under President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, the Washington Examiner reported Tuesday.
Democrat Sen. Jack Reed tweeted the 20-page document that identifies each project by military branch and state, and identifies any unused funds from fiscal year 2015 and newer.
It’s not unused.
That is a misnomer.
I wish you guys could hear some of the conference calls I’ve been on lately and you could here the frustration from Marine Corps and Navy leadership when they tell me the projects we are trying to fund are in jeopardy because of the wall initiative.
I promise you, this is going over like a lead balloon in the DoD.
We are now screwing around with actual military readiness at this point.
That money is not “unsused.”
It is being ripped away from projects that need reprogramming for potential awards that bid higher than the original program.
Obama has nothing to do with the list on the chopping block.
If you’d rather have a wall then the projects on that list then your concerns about the military’s shape are nothing more than crocodile tears.
Without the largest and most terrifying military machine in the history of the world we will lose WWIII, unless of course the Lord returns then we will learn war no more.
billion is less than a drop in the bucket compared to trillion.
One compromise - offer all able bodied immigrant males without a criminal record citizenship for a stint in the military.
Works for the French, it's called the French Foreign Legion. After five years of service, a Legionnaire is eligible for French citizenship.
If he is wounded inside the five years, he is automatically eligible. They call it French by blood.
Yea Obama really did a number on our military and Trump has done more than fix it. He, being the commander in chief, can well direct those funds where ever he wishes.
It’s almost like you didn’t read your own article.
It’s hilariius how everyone is saying Trump is fixing the military while posting articles that in fact show the opposite.
Again, I really wish you guys could hear these component commands talking about their projects being sacrificed for the wall.
They certainly aren’t singing Trumps praises right now.