Trump's border funding demand will hamper Pentagon, Shanahan says
By Glen Carey Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's order to shift military funds to build a wall at the southern border will hamper the Pentagon's ability to reprogram funds to meet defense needs in the future, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan conceded. "We said, 'Here are the risks longer-term to the department' and those risks were weighed,"' Shanahan said Tuesday at a House