Little by little... Roughly getting an additional 80 miles of border wall, for a combined total of 140 miles from the Pentagon.
The combined total of $2.5 billion is in response to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border.
I love Shanahan's response to criticism "they don't need to get permission from Congress"!
Pentagon approves plan to shift $1.5B for wall along US-Mexico borderThe Pentagon has approved a plan to spend an additional $1.5 billion to build 80 more miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News Friday.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan approved the re-allocation of funds, which were originally earmarked for support of Afghan security forces and other projects, to help pay for the wall along the southern border.........
..........The combined total of $2.5 billion is in response to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border....
But the plan to divert Pentagon funding has sparked criticism from congressional Democrats, who accused Shanahan of not seeking approval to “reprogram†the funds without congressional authority. Shanahan and other senior defense officials claimed in response they did not have to get permission from Congress despite the objections from Democratic lawmakers...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-approves-plan-to-shift-1-5b-for-wall-along-us-mexico-border