Posted on Feb 22, 2019
The Pentagon wants to know how a border wall will improve troops’ ‘effectiveness’ before it...
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Wow, DOD is challenging DHS on justifying shift of funds to National Emergency project. You just had Sec. of Defense Mattis quit, you have an Acting Secretary in place, does this indicate a serious disagreement between White House and Pentagon?
The Pentagon wants to know how a border wall will improve troops’ ‘effectiveness’ before it...
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That's not what the article is saying. The DoD asked "where" not "if". The Pentagon is trying to coordinate with DHS to set the priorities and to comply with President Trump's order.
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The military times has never been about news, its been wrong more times than right. Its definitely not worth buying, its more like a comic bok full of adds.
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From National thinker.
“In a recent article, Scot Faulkner advises that President Trump should mine the available funds from unobligated balances to fund the border wall. Faulkner notes that "reallocating unused federal funds" for building the border wall could be done with "the stroke of President Trump's pen – and a push of a button from the Office of Management and Budget." He argues that since President Lyndon Johnson, presidents have returned unobligated and unexpended funds to the Treasury using a "budget sweep" mechanism. According to Faulkner, unobligated balances were used by Johnson to help fund his Great Society, by both Johnson and Nixon to help with funding for the Vietnam War, to assist with Carter's expanding domestic programs, to go toward Reagan's work to bring down the Soviet empire, to help fund both Iraq wars by Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and by President Clinton to help him stay within Republican congressional budget limits. President Obama never used a budget sweep, allowing $914.8 billion in unspent, unobligated balances to continue to accrue. President Trump has also not used a budget sweep. As a result, there will be an estimated $1.156 trillion in unobligated balances by the end of F.Y. 2019 if these balances are permitted to languish.”
“In a recent article, Scot Faulkner advises that President Trump should mine the available funds from unobligated balances to fund the border wall. Faulkner notes that "reallocating unused federal funds" for building the border wall could be done with "the stroke of President Trump's pen – and a push of a button from the Office of Management and Budget." He argues that since President Lyndon Johnson, presidents have returned unobligated and unexpended funds to the Treasury using a "budget sweep" mechanism. According to Faulkner, unobligated balances were used by Johnson to help fund his Great Society, by both Johnson and Nixon to help with funding for the Vietnam War, to assist with Carter's expanding domestic programs, to go toward Reagan's work to bring down the Soviet empire, to help fund both Iraq wars by Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and by President Clinton to help him stay within Republican congressional budget limits. President Obama never used a budget sweep, allowing $914.8 billion in unspent, unobligated balances to continue to accrue. President Trump has also not used a budget sweep. As a result, there will be an estimated $1.156 trillion in unobligated balances by the end of F.Y. 2019 if these balances are permitted to languish.”
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