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January 30, 2019

Pentagon to Send "Several Thousand" More Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border
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Meanwhile, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has announced
"several thousand" more troops would head to the U.S.-Mexico border. Two
thousand four hundred troops are currently stationed at the border.
Nearly 6,000 U.S. troops were sent to the border at the height of
Trump's anti-migrant campaign in the run-up to the midterm elections.


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