The U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Tuesday denied the Pentagon's plan to shift $1 billion to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, intensifying the conflict over President Donald Trump's signature campaign pledge. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Tuesday denied the Pentagon's plan to shift $1 billion to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, intensifying the conflict over President Donald Trump's signature campaign pledge.
Democratic Representative Adam Smith, the committee's chairman, said the panel did not approve the proposed use of Pentagon funds. U.S. lawmakers - mostly Democrats, but also some of Trump's fellow Republicans - have been furious at Trump's declaring a national emergency along the Mexico border in an attempt to pay for the wall after Congress did not approve funding.
Smith announced the denial of the $1 billion transfer in a statement as his committee held a hearing on the Pentagon budget.
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