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Trump Ignites New Budget Fights by Targeting Pentagon Programs

CQ Budget Podcast, Episode 99

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies over a piece of border fence on Nov. 7 in Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies over a piece of border fence on Nov. 7 in Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)
By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted February 19, 2019 at 9:37am

 

CQ defense reporter John M. Donnelly spells out how President Donald Trump’s emergency action to raid Pentagon accounts to pay for a border wall could affect military facilities and programs already stretched thin.

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