{"id":52716,"date":"2019-02-17T22:01:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T22:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=52716"},"modified":"2019-02-17T22:01:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T22:01:33","slug":"no-decision-made-on-spending-for-trumps-wall-pentagon-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=52716","title":{"rendered":"No decision made on spending for Trump\u2019s wall: Pentagon chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International desk: Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday that no decision has been taken on funding President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall with Mexico, a project that may come partly from redirected military funds.<\/p>\n

Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to address what he called an \u201cinvasion\u201d of drugs, gangs, human traffickers and undocumented migrants over the US border with Mexico.<\/p>\n

The declaration means he would be able to sidestep Congress to access federal funds from elsewhere to help pay for building the border wall. The move however was immediatly challenged in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo very deliberately, we have not made any decisions. \u2026 There has been no determination by me,\u201d Shanahan said on the way home from Germany.<\/p>\n

Trump wanted Congress to authorize $5.7 billion for a wall along parts of the border, but lawmakers provided just $1.375 billion for barriers, not a
\nsolid concrete wall.<\/p>\n

The White House said Friday that Trump will access $6.1 billion from two Pentagon sources: $3.6 billion from a military construction fund, and $2.5 billion from Defense Department counter-drug activity funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always anticipated that this would create a lot of attention and since money potentially could be redirected, you can imagine the concerns this generates,\u201d Shanahan said.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon chief said he would \u201creview that analysis now that the emergency has been declared. Based on that analysis, we can do an assessment of what would be appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe are following the law. We are using the rules. We are not bending the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a candidate, Trump repeatedly vowed that Mexico would pay for a wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday that no decision has been taken on funding President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall with Mexico, a project that may come partly from redirected military funds. Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to address what he called an \u201cinvasion\u201d of drugs, gangs, human traffickers and undocumented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":52717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n