A provision of the National Defense Authorization Act would mandate that defense officials brief Congress quarterly on the situation troops are facing at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said this mandate was included in the must-pass legislation that funds the Department of Defense in order to bring increased attention to the issue.
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