{"id":76988,"date":"2019-03-26T07:49:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=76988"},"modified":"2019-03-26T08:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:16:38","slug":"dod-authorizes-support-to-counter-drug-border-security-including-pedestrian-fence-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=76988","title":{"rendered":"DOD Authorizes Support to Counter Drug Border Security Including Pedestrian Fence Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan authorized the commander of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and executing up to $1 billion in support to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection. These funds will be used to support DHS\u2019s request to build 57 miles of 18-foot-high pedestrian fencing, constructing and improving roads, and installing lighting within the Yuma and El Paso Sectors of the border in support of the February 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76991\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/borderfence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/borderfence.jpg 960w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/borderfence-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/borderfence-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/borderfence-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/borderfence-701x467.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7169\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dodlogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dodlogo.jpg 225w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dodlogo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dodlogo-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>10 U.S.C. \u00a7 284(b)(7) gives the Department of Defense the authority to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotic activities of Federal law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. 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