Pentagon has finalized contracts for $2.5B in border barrier construction

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The Pentagon says it has finalized contracts to build a portion of President Trump’s long-desired barrier on the United States-Mexico border.

“This past April and May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded roughly $2.5 billion in projects to construct border wall along the southwest border. These projects will span 129 miles at locations in New Mexico, Arizona, and California,” chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters Thursday.

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