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DoD’s border wall funding shift hits Russia deterrence efforts
The Pentagon is moving to scuttle nearly 19 more military construction projects ― including $274 million worth in Europe to deter Russia.
By Joe Gould
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Democrats’ Pentagon budget bill would curb Trump’s war powers
A bill to fund the Pentagon at $8 billion less than what the White House requested passed the House Appropriations Committee.
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Protect State Department funding, key lawmakers say
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is urging House appropriators to fund the State Department for 2018 at least as much as they did for 2017.
By Joe Gould