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The Pentagon will decide by May 10 which military construction projects will be sacrificed for the border wall
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The Pentagon will decide by May 10 which military construction projects will be sacrificed for the border wall

In just under a month, the Defense Department should have a list of which military construction projects can be delayed in order to transfer $3.6 billion to pay for the border wall, according to a Pentagon memo obtained by Task & Purpose.

‘This is a game-changer’ — Air Force to allow longer braids, ponytails, bangs for women
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‘This is a game-changer’ — Air Force to allow longer braids, ponytails, bangs for women

"To think we don’t have to have headaches every day anymore?"

President Trump at Desk
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Trump administration moves ahead with plan to divert $3.6 billion in military funds to the border wall

The Supreme Court gave the administration the green light in July.

The Army just awarded $976 million in contracts for border wall construction
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The Army just awarded $976 million in contracts for border wall construction

The money for the border wall comes from the Defense Department's counter-narcotics funds.

The border wall is a succubus draining ever more of the Pentagon’s budget
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The border wall is a succubus draining ever more of the Pentagon’s budget

Since April, the Defense Department has committed to funding a total of 481 miles of border wall, of which more than 30 miles has been built so far.

President Donald Trump at Podium
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DoD funding being redirected for border wall includes elementary schools, Hurricane Maria recovery projects

Who needs new schools, anyway.

Border In A Nutshell
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Pentagon to Congress: Here’s every project that could be used to fund Trump’s wall. Or not. We don’t even know

Thanks, DoD. This helps. Really.

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office
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Trump gets the green light to use $2.5 billion from the military’s budget for the border wall

We've come a long way from "Mexico will pay for the wall!"

Newly resurfaced video shows Biden jokingly calling troops ‘stupid bastards’
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Newly resurfaced video shows Biden jokingly calling troops ‘stupid bastards’

A recently resurfaced video clip from 2016 shows then-Vice President Joe Biden giving a speech to troops overseas in which he jokingly refers to them as "stupid bastards."

Army cav scout arrested for allegedly plotting with ISIS to ambush fellow soldiers
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Army cav scout arrested for allegedly plotting with ISIS to ambush fellow soldiers

He told the FBI that "if his Army unit was involved in combat with ISIS fighters, he would betray his unit and join the ISIS fighters."

Air Force colonel who called suicide a ‘chickensh-t way to go’ has been nominated to become a 1-star
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Air Force colonel who called suicide a ‘chickensh-t way to go’ has been nominated to become a 1-star

“Let me say that my choice of words was poor."

3 New York National Guardsmen killed in helicopter crash
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3 New York National Guardsmen killed in helicopter crash

Honor the fallen.

Trump pardoned ace Navy pilot, TOPGUN instructor who took $2 million in bribes
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Trump pardoned ace Navy pilot, TOPGUN instructor who took $2 million in bribes

He resigned from Congress in 2005 after pleading guilty to corruption charges.

Navy captain relieved due to loss of confidence in ability to command
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Navy captain relieved due to loss of confidence in ability to command

He has been temporarily reassigned from Navy Operational Support Center Knoxville, Tenn. to Reserve Component Command Southeast Jacksonville, Fla.

Joint Chiefs to troops: Biden is your next commander-in-chief. Deal with it
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Joint Chiefs to troops: Biden is your next commander-in-chief. Deal with it

"To disrupt the Constitutional process is not only against our traditions, values, and oath: it is against the law."

Sgt. Maj. Angel Macias, a founding member of Delta Force, dead at 80
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Sgt. Maj. Angel Macias, a founding member of Delta Force, dead at 80

"SGM Macias exemplified the Special Forces ethos."

Navy SEAL vet explains his video praising Capitol Hill insurrection: ‘Americans had finally stood up and made their voices heard’
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Navy SEAL vet explains his video praising Capitol Hill insurrection: ‘Americans had finally stood up and made their voices heard’

'Maybe this is a good thing.'

30 years after Desert Storm, an Air Force general says we’ve forgotten the lessons that made it so successful
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30 years after Desert Storm, an Air Force general says we’ve forgotten the lessons that made it so successful

"War is violence. Any politician that sends people into war is sending people into violence."

Former Navy SEAL bragged about taking part in Capitol riots in now-deleted Facebook video
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Former Navy SEAL bragged about taking part in Capitol riots in now-deleted Facebook video

"I am not a traitor."

The ‘QAnon shaman’ guy got kicked out of the Navy for refusing a vaccine
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The ‘QAnon shaman’ guy got kicked out of the Navy for refusing a vaccine

Somebody didn't read their Oath of Enlistment.