As border deployment grows, lawmakers demand details

Defense News: U.S. lawmakers want acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to explain the long-term plan for troops at the southern border, how much those deployments cost and what toll it will take on military readiness.

In a letter to Shanahan obtained by Defense News, a group of 11 House Democrats ask how the border deployments could align with the National Defense Strategy’s focus on Russia and China.

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