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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan listens during a proclamation signing with President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. Top defense leaders will face worried lawmakers on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Pentagon listed military construction projects that could lose funding this year to pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Shanahan defends wall funding in face of Democratic complaints

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan walks to talk to the media before the arrival of French Defense Minister Florence Parly at the Pentagon, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Patrick Shanahan Boeing history threatens defense secretary prospects

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Patrick Shanahan faces ethics probe over Boeing advocacy at Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 25, 2008, file photo, sailors line the deck during the commissioning of the USS New Hampshire, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Kittery, Maine. On July 11, 2019, a group of Republican lawmakers from mostly western states urged President Trump to impose quotas on uranium imported from Russia and elsewhere as a matter of national security, saying the U.S. has become too dependent on adversaries for the fuel that powers everything from the electric grid to nuclear submarines. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

Border wall could grab $200M from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

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In this Jan. 9, 2019, photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall. Durbin told The Associated Press, “it’s coming out of military pay and pensions, $1 billion, that’s the plan.” (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Pentagon lays out $6.8B of projects to cut for Trump border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Soldiers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fire single-use AT-4 rockets during a live fire training exercise on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 22, 2017. The training was in preparation for a coming deployment to Afghanistan. (Shane Dunlap /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **

‘Deploy or get out’ policy sent 21K troops packing: ‘War is unforgiving’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Shanahan staunchly defends bigger Pentagon budget in Capitol Hill hearing debut

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Mexican army frees 34 kidnapped Central American migrants

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, an armed army vehicle patrols in front of the United Nations International Commission Against Impunity, CICIG, headquarters in Guatemala City, as President Jimmy Morales announced he would not renew the mandate of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption commission. The U.S. Defense Department announced on Thursday, March 14, 2019 that they have suspended some military aid to Guatemala over questionable use of these armored vehicles donated by Washington. (AP Photo, File)

US suspends some military aid to Guatemala over vehicle use

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Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senators sharply question Pentagon on budget ‘slush fund’

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Sen. Reed says Pentagon shouldn’t adopt new transgender rule

Associated Press

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan talks to media as he meets with and Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ethics group lodges complaint against Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, a migrant who did not give his name looks on with his children as they wait to hear if their number is called to apply for asylum in the United States, at the border in Tijuana, Mexico. The Trump administration's effort to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico explicitly targets Spanish-speakers and people from Latin America, according to internal guidelines of a highly touted strategy to address the burgeoning number of Central Americans arriving at U.S. borders. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Pentagon seeks base site to house 5,000 migrant children

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Rep. Mac Thornberry, Texas Republican and then-chairman of the Armed Services Committee, attends a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

‘Contingency fund’ tapped to cover Donald Trump’s border wall

By Lauren Toms, Carlo Muñoz and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, from left, transgender military members Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann, Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik, Army Capt. Jennifer Peace, Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King and Navy Petty Officer Third Class Akira Wyatt, listen before the start of a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, and require most individuals to serve in their birth gender. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Pentagon transgender rule will limit troops transitioning to different sex

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

"I do know there's a lot of cuts to agriculture — we just passed a farm bill. We're not going to do that," said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican. (Associated Press)

Neither Democrats nor Republicans happy with Donald Trump’s 2020 budget cuts

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, from left, transgender military members Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann, Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik, Army Capt. Jennifer Peace, Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King and Navy Petty Officer Third Class Akira Wyatt, listen before the start of a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, and require most individuals to serve in their birth gender. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

New Pentagon transgender rule sets limits for troops

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this June 20, 2014, file photo, lobsters are processed at the Sea Hag Seafood plant in St. George, Maine. A set of retaliatory tariffs released by China includes a plan to tax American lobster exports, potentially jeopardizing one of the biggest markets for the premium seafood. Chinese officials announced the planned lobster tariff, Friday, June 15, 2018, along with hundreds of others amid the country's escalating trade fight with the United States. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Feds splurge on lobster, pianos, golf carts in race to spend ‘use it or lose it’ budget

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Soldiers from Missouri, Illinois die in wreck in Kuwait

Associated Press

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment Maureen Sullivan at a House Oversight and Reform subcommittee hearing on PFAS chemicals and their risks on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Lawmakers: High costs slowing action on contaminant in water

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press