https://taskandpurpose.com/pentagon-border-request-cooks-drivers-2635631572.amp.htmlTrump wants more armed US troops at the border. The Pentagon might send cooks and lawyers instead
Haley Britzky
April 26, 2019 at 03:04 PM
President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday that the Pentagon is "now sending ARMED SOLDIERS to the Border," an escalation on his declaration in early April that he's "going to have to call up more military" to defend U.S.-Mexico border.
But when the commander-in-chief imagined a fresh round of troop deployment to the southwest border, he probably didn't mean military cooks, lawyers, and drivers.
The Department of Homeland Security is requesting that the Pentagon deploy 300 military personnel at the border to help with incoming migrants, mostly to help transport detainees to detention centers and "hand out snacks and refreshments," according to a report from the Washington Post,
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