Neller: Marines Need $3.5 Billion for Camp Lejeune Repairs, Despite MILCON Cuts for Border Spending
By: Megan Eckstein
February 17, 2019 10:30 AM • Updated: February 17, 2019 5:06 PM
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The commandant of the Marine Corps hopes the Pentagon and Congress can find money for hurricane damage repairs at Camp Lejeune, N.C., despite military construction funding being diverted for the Trump Administration’s border security plan.
Lawmakers and President Donald Trump agreed Friday to a bill that would provide $1.375 billion for 55 miles of border fencing, as well as other spending for law enforcement and humanitarian assistance needs along the U.S./Mexico border. According to a White House press statement, as much as $8.1 billion could be made available for border spending due to Trump declaring a national emergency at the border, including “up to $3.6 billion reallocated from Department of Defense military construction projects under the President’s declaration of a national emergency.â€
https://news.usni.org/2019/02/17/neller-marines-need-3-5-billion-camp-lejeune-repairs-despite-milcon-cuts-border-spending
