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Pelosi Forgot They Already Passed a Law Allowing President Trump to Build the Border Wall!!

I just found this article on WesternJournalism.com, read it, shared it twice on Facebook, and then came here to share with friends. Please do the same! This is so important. Edie

DoD Official: Department Can Begin Wall Construction Without State of Emergency

By Randy DeSoto
January 30, 2019 at 5:03pm

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A top Pentagon official testified before Congress on Tuesday that President Donald Trump would not have to declare a state of emergency in order to direct the Defense Department to erect barriers at the U.S. border with Mexico.

GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri raised the matter with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood during his appearance before the House Armed Services Committee.

She pointed to Title 10, Section 284 of the U.S. Code, which authorizes the DoD to provide support for counter-drug operations, if requested by the appropriate federal and state authorities, CNSNews reported.

Among other provisions, the law allows for the “construction of roads and fences and installation of lighting to block drug smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States.”

Rood first acknowledged that the DoD has been providing support for counter-drug missions for decades and that support continues.

“As you correctly point out, Section 284 of Title 10 does provide the secretary of defense the authority, in performance of that counter-drug mission, such as blocking drug smuggling corridors, to erect barrier fencing, provide road construction, things of that nature, to aid in that counter-narcotics mission,” the under secretary said.

Hartzler followed up: “So you’re saying that Congress has authorized the Department of Defense to build a fence to counter drugs? That is already law?”

“Yes, that’s right, if it meets that criteria in Section 284, yes ma’am,” Rood responded.

Do you think Trump should direct the DoD to build border barriers?

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama picked up where Hartzler left off, observing, “It seems to me that 10 U.S. Code 284 can be used by the president of the United States to direct the U.S. military to build a wall.”

Rood replied, “You are correct, however, that that use of authority would authorize the secretary of defense to erect barriers, roads, fencing, those type of materials, to disrupt drug smuggling.”

“Does 10 U.S.C. 284, as you understand it, require the declaration of a national emergency before it is implemented?” Brooks asked.

No,” Rood said.

Brooks continued: “Has President Trump, to your knowledge, ever used 10 U.S.C. 284 to direct the military to build the wall that is necessary for border security?”

“No, not to my knowledge, Congressman,” the defense official answered.

Brooks then queried: “If President Trump were to direct the Pentagon, the United States military, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 284 to build such barriers as are necessary to secure our Southern border from drug trafficking and international crime cartels, would the United States military obey that order?”

“If we judge it to be a lawful order, yes, Sir,” Rood replied. “And I assume it would be.”

On Friday from the White House, Trump placed the drug trafficking problem front-and-center in announcing his decision to reopen the government for three weeks, while a bipartisan group of lawmakers works on a border security compromise.

“Vast quantities of lethal drugs — including meth, fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine — are smuggled across our southern border and into U.S. schools and communities. Drugs kill much more than 70,000 Americans a year and cost our society in excess of $700 billion,” he said.

“As Commander-in-Chief, my highest priority is the defense of our great country.” the president contended. “We cannot surrender operational control over the nation’s borders to foreign cartels, traffickers, and smugglers.”

Trump concluded: “So let me be very clear: We really have no choice but to build a powerful wall or steel barrier. If we don’t get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shut down on February 15th, again, or I will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the Constitution of the United States to address this emergency. We will have great security.”

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Comment by Edie Mae Boudreau on February 1, 2019 at 3:41am: Thank you, Patty. Actually, after sharing with Facebook, and before I came to this website, I did go to the White House Contact page--the same one you provided a link for. I sent Pres. Trump my introduction and the article, edited slightly to fit into their email parameters, then I actually called the White House Comment Line and told the operator about the WesternJournalism.com site with the article, and the fact that I had emailed this important message just a few minutes before, and that I didn't want it to be lost . She told me all comments and emails went to the President at the end of each day, and they wouldn't get lost. And I guess that''s all I can do, except to urge all readers to do the same.

Edie

commentator's websites at Fox TV. I would like to urge all patriotic readers of this article to Share it on their Social Media sites and Facebook. I hope it will go Viral, so that it might hit the Dems hard (like the news that Mr. Shultz, a billionaire outsider, was going to run as an Independent in 2020 because he didn't like where the Democrat Party was going. The Dems are scared and angry because, in addition to the fact that he will siphon off Dem votes for himself, he will restore them to Pres. Trump. Edie Boudreau

Comment by Patty on January 31, 2019 at 5:46pm: Thanks Edie for posting this!!!!

Comment by Patty on January 31, 2019 at 5:41pm: Send it to the White House and tell him to do it now! Thousands of angry Trump voters will get his attention! https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

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