Pentagon has few answers on Trump's National Guard plan
Source: The Hill
BY ELLEN MITCHELL - 04/05/18 04:35 PM EDT
The Pentagon on Thursday had few details to provide regarding President Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Officials would not say whether Trump's newly signed proclamation late Wednesday would be paid for with Defense Department dollars long stressed as needed for military readiness. Details were also scarce as to how the Pentagon will support the plan, which is intended to address a "surge of illegal activity" along the border, according to administration officials.
Chief spokeswoman Dana White could not say when or how many troops would be deployed, did not have cost estimates for the endeavor and didn’t say whether state or federal dollars would be used.
Instead, she told reporters that the Pentagon is establishing a new Border Security Support Cell, led by Kenneth Rapuano, the assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense and global security.
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