Of the $1.2bn in projects related to education, approximately $800m worth are far in the future, and those funds could readily be used for the US/Mexico border wall construction and replaced later.
US President Donald Trump participates in the US Coast Guard Change-of-Command ceremony at US Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington US on June 1 2018The U.S. Department of Defense is proposing to pay for President Donald Trump's much-debated border wall by shifting funds away from projects that include $1.2 billion for schools, childcare centers and other facilities for military children, according to a list it has provided to lawmakers.
Around 10 percent of the list relates to educational establishments and includes school buildings for the children of service members in places like Germany, Japan, Kentucky and Puerto Rico.
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