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| Pentagon shifts money from overseas projects to fill hole caused by border wall funding |
| 2020-04-29 |
| [The Hill] The Pentagon is taking money from 19 construction projects, including several in Europe meant to deter Russia, in order to pay for construction projects stateside that had been delayed because funding was reallocated to President Trump’s border wall. In a memo dated Monday obtained by The Hill, Defense Secretary Mark Esper directed acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker to take $545.5 million from projects largely outside the United States to pay for projects within the country. Top House Democrats slammed the move in a statement Tuesday, accusing the Trump administration of "making an end run around Congress" after lawmakers refused to replenish funding Trump took from military construction for the wall. "Even worse, Trump is doing this by canceling funding for critical European Deterrence Initiative projects that were designed to bolster real national security needs and prevent Russian aggression against American allies and partners in Europe," House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chairwoman of the subcommittee in charge of military construction, said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Eliminating the $5,000 toilets and $700 screwdrivers? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-04-29 11:30 |
| #7 We've reached the height of surreal stupidity when our elites consider non-deterrence of a non-threat to non-Americans 7,000 miles away to be more important than stemming the flood of literally millions of job-, wage- and community-destroying illegals across our own southern border. Madness. Decadence is probably a better descriptor. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-29 09:37 |
| #6 All of this funding redistribution could eventually impact the service Uniform Boards and the need for semi-annual camo redesigns and contracting competes. I strongly recommend someone have a look. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-29 09:10 |
| #5 My gawd, actually protecting our homeland. Idgits with stars long ago forgot that fundamental. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-04-29 09:06 |
| #4 "critical European Deterrence Initiative projects that were designed to bolster real national security needs and prevent Russian aggression against American allies and partners in Europe" Diversity and Inclusiveness Studies? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-04-29 08:34 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-04-29 05:31 |
| #2 ^LOL |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-29 02:51 |
| #1 Mark Esper directed acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker to take $545.5 million from projects largely outside the United States to pay for projects within the country. When the Russians begin streaming across our Southern border, perhaps the issue can be re-looked. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-29 02:44 |