Trump administration directs 1,000 more troops to Mexican border-- concertina (RAZOR) wire --
article says these are active duty troops!! Yet, seems the Pentagon will not be asking for Congressional approval 
By John Bowden - 02/22/19 07:08 PM EST
Trump administration directs 1,000 more troops to Mexican border
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Defense officials said at a news briefing that the total size of the U.S. deployment of troops to the southern border would reach 6,000 by March 1, with 140 miles of additional Concertina wiring to be installed.
“That mission has evolved,” a senior defense official said. “We are now transitioning to supporting [areas] between the ports of entry. We’re laying down another 140 miles of concertina wire — [we’re] about 30 percent done with that — as well as providing a ground-based detection and monitoring mission in support of CBP."
"Our numbers right now total are about 5,000. They’ll increase to about 6,000 by March 1," the official added.
The additional 1,000 troops are active-duty and are primarily being sent to support the two missions at the border, the official said............................................
"We are not just sending people down there unless there’s a valid requirement and then we try to match, as best we can, resources to the requirement with as much specificity as possible. And if we don’t need those people then we’ll move them somewhere else."
The news came as Pentagon officials on Friday also refused to say whether the Defense Department would seek congressional approval to appropriate billions of dollars for President Trump's project to construct a wall along the border.
“It has been the practice of the Department of Defense to request approval and it’s not required by law,” an official told reporters when asked whether the department would move forward without congressional approval.
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