Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump's wall
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for military families, as it diverts $3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
A Pentagon official said in a briefing that the department was given a"lawful order" by Trump to divert the funds. She said the Pentagon is working closely with Congress and its allies abroad to find funding to replace money diverted for the wall, but that there are not any guarantees that those funds will come.
The list of affected projects also includes roads, maintenance shops, equipment storage buildings and hazardous material warehouses.
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