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WASHINGTON (AP) Lawmakers from both parties told Pentagon leaders on Wednesday that the Defense Department is undermining its own efforts to get military money by diverting billions of dollars for the construction of President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the committee's top Republican warned Defense Secretary Mark Esper that overturning congressional funding decisions to shift money for the wall is an enormous problem that will have consequences.
The plan to shift money has triggered rare Republican opposition to one of Trump's priorities.
Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said the result may be that Congress will place greater restrictions on the Pentagon's ability to move money around to meet military needs. The chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, said the money transfer is very, very damaging to the Pentagon.
The message it sends is the Pentagon has plenty of money, said Smith, adding that it undercuts any arguments for any need for resources.
https://news.yahoo.com/congress-warns-pentagon-not-move-162220581.html
PJMcK
(22,031 posts)Who'd-a-thunk it?
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)too bad they can't help out the V.A. Priorities, I guess.
maxrandb
(15,320 posts)I'd be taking the money for the pandemic response from the Pentagon.
If after that, they still have money laying around to divert to a stupid fucking fence, then for every $1 diverted to the wall, I'd cut $1M in funding of the DoD annual budget.
Retrumplicans don't respond to warnings... you need to actually punch them in the throat to get their attention.
OMGWTF
(3,951 posts)progressoid
(49,978 posts)TygrBright
(20,758 posts)triron
(21,999 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,810 posts)The have to fund Trump's spaceFARCE