President Trump’s proposal to move billions of dollars from military spending and drug interdiction to fund the construction of 234 miles of barriers on the southern border sets up two new conflicts: one over where the money is coming from, and one over where it might go. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Friday that the White House would be using roughly $2.5 billion in counternarcotics funds from the Defense Department and about $3.6 billion in military construction funding, as well as approximately $600...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 16, 2019 00:11 UTC