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Political Factoid
President Donald Trump
declared an "emergency
in order to tap up to $8.1
billion* for [his border]
wall construction.
"That amount includes
$3.6 billion from
military construction
funds, $2.5 billion from
Defense Department
counterdrug activities
and $600 million from
the Treasury Department's
asset forfeiture fund."
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which had been designated
by Congress explicitly for other purposes
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