Acting Pentagon leader: the army will not "go away until the border is secure"

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick ShanahanPatrick Michael ShanahanOvernight Defense – Presented by Huntington Ingalls Industries – Pentagon approves transfer of .5B to border wall | Dems blow blow | House Dem is pushing Pelosi to sue Trump's veto in Yemen. The Pentagon approves the transfer of the .bb border to the Afghan forces of Trump. Other Reports The Hill & # 39; s Morning Report – The escalation of the trade war with China continues said Saturday that he was planning to speed up his border security projects when visiting a border town of Texas.

Shanahan also said that Pentagon officials would stay at the border until it was secured, according to the Associated Press.

"We will not leave until the border is secure," he said. "It's not about identifying a problem. It's about solving a problem faster. "

He told Congress this week that 4,364 soldiers are stationed at the border, but that they are not responsible for enforcing the law. According to the AP, they should stay there until September.

Shanahan, who President Trump has appointed to head the Pentagon, told reporters that their stay "will not be undefined," according to the news agency.

He approved the $ 1.5 billion transfer of funds from the Pentagon, including more than $ 600 million from an Afghan security forces account, to help with the construction of more than 120 km Barriers to the US-Mexico border, the Defense Department announced Friday.