DOD has obligated almost all procurement money transferred to Trump's wall

By Tony Bertuca / July 15, 2020 at 1:50 PM
The Defense Department has obligated 92% of the $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 procurement funding that was reprogrammed to construct a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a DOD spokesman. The $3.8 billion in question has increasingly become a point of controversy for lawmakers, especially House appropriators, who have levied blistering criticism at DOD and passed a bill yesterday demanding any unobligated FY-20 funds reprogrammed for the wall be returned to their original accounts. The bill would also...

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