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Army Authorizes Use of $976M of Counter-Narcotics Funds for Border Wall

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The Army said a large number of the funds were leftover “personnel costs because it failed to meet its recruiting goals.”

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The Army announced that it would be contributing $976 million of its counter-narcotics funds to help build President Trump's wall along the southern border, Task and Purpose reports.

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