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Questions remain as Pentagon approves DHS request for troops at border

By Anna Giaritelli
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Questions remain as Pentagon approves DHS request for troops at border

The Pentagon has approved President Trump’s request for additional military personnel to be deployed to the border as a caravan of people coming from Central America heads north.

The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense issued a joint announcement Friday in response to a request from the secretary of Homeland Security.

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