Several Thousand More Troops Preparing To Deploy To The Border Shanahan Says

(Politico) WESLEY MORGAN 01/29/2019 03:27 PM The Pentagon is preparing to send several thousand more troops to the southern border following a request from the Department of Homeland Security Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said today. The military is identifying units to meet the request and expects them to deploy soon Shanahans spokesman later added. Most recently DHS has asked us to support them in additional concertina wire and then expanded surveillance capability and weve responded with you know heres how many people it would take" to meet the request Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon today. Asked how many troops would be required to fill that latest DHS request Shanahan said several thousand and Ill kind of leave it at that number."