{"id":16282,"date":"2019-03-26T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T04:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16282"},"modified":"2019-03-26T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T04:03:05","slug":"us-pentagon-chief-says-us1b-of-funding-shifted-to-mexico-border-pedestrian-fencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16282","title":{"rendered":"US: Pentagon chief says US$1b of funding shifted to Mexico border &#8216;pedestrian fencing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212;  The U.S. Department of Defense shifted US$1 billion\u00a0to plan and build a 57-mile section of &#8220;pedestrian fencing&#8221;, roads and lighting along the border between the United States and Mexico, the Pentagon chief said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the Pentagon gave Congress a list that included US$12.8 billion of construction projects for which it said funds could be redirected for construction along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency last month in a bid to fund his promised border wall without congressional approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said in a memo to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen that the Department of Defense had the authority to support counter-narcotics activities near international boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shanahan authorized the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and executing the project that would involve building 57 miles of 18-foot-high fencing, constructing and improving roads, and installing lighting within the Yuma and El Paso sections of the U.S.-Mexico border. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The U.S. Department of Defense shifted US$1 billion\u00a0to plan and build a 57-mile section of &#8220;pedestrian fencing&#8221;, roads and lighting along the border between the United States and Mexico, the Pentagon chief said. Last week, the Pentagon gave Congress a list that included US$12.8 billion of construction projects for which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16282"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}