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Pentagon’s US-Mexico border mission extends for another year
By Meghann Myers
Oct 28, 01:13 PM
An Army Humvee can be seen mired in the mud on the banks of the Rio Grande on November 18, 2018. (Thomas Watkins/AFP/Getty Images)
Federally-activated National Guard troops are expected to continue to deploy along the U.S. southern border through summer 2023, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed to Military Times on Friday.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a Homeland Security Department request sent in September to extend the mission through fiscal year 2023, according to the spokesman, who was not authorized to speak on the record about the decision.
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