Anonymous ID: 1fdf79 Nov. 19, 2018, 8:23 p.m. No.3967784   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7953 >>8162 >>8322 >>8365 >>8441

Troops Trump deployed to border should be home by Christmas, military announces

 

All of the 5,800 active duty military troops President Trump ordered deployed to the border with Mexico to confront the migrants attempting to enter the U.S. from Central America will be home by Christmas, a top Army commander confirmed Monday.

The Pentagon could begin drawing down its troop levels at the border as early as next week, Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who oversees the mission on the southern border, told Politico. His comments came just hours after the U.S. was forced to partially close its busiest Mexican border crossing at Tijuana, Mexico to install additional security measures.

 

"Our end date right now is 15 December, and I've got no indications from anybody that we'll go beyond that," Buchanan said.

He also confirmed that the Pentagon had rejected a Department of Homeland Security request for armed troops to back up Border Patrol authorities, saying that was a law enforcement function that the military cannot legally provide.

 

“Once we get the rest of the obstacles built, we don’t need to keep all those engineers here. As soon as I’m done with a capability, what I intend to do is redeploy it,” Buchanan said in the interview. “I don’t want to keep these guys on just to keep them on. … Now that things are set down here, we don’t need as many troops to actually build base camps and things like that, because the base camps are built."

However, on Thursday, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon that date "could always be amended." Some quick-response troops will remain longer as engineers begin to head back home, Buchanan said.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/troops-trump-deployed-to-border-should-be-home-by-christmas-military-announces

Anonymous ID: 1fdf79 Nov. 19, 2018, 8:31 p.m. No.3967858   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7878

Big exploration season and major projects planned as oil companies see North Slope resurgence

 

The North Slope oil patch is generating a surge of interest not seen in more than a decade, as investors eye new opportunities and companies plan billions of dollars in new projects, observers say.

Near-term, the upcoming winter exploration season is expected to be the busiest in five years, with ConocoPhillips leading the way, said Chantal Walsh, director of Alaska’s Oil and Gas Division.

 

Long-term, oil companies are looking to complete projects by 2024 that could cost more than $10 billion. They could produce thousands of jobs, if developed.

“The North Slope is back,” said Mark Myers, who formerly ran the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska’s Natural Resources department. “It was never gone in my opinion, but it’s getting recognized now.”

Helping spark “The New Alaskan Oil Rush,” in the words of one trade publication, are two giant discoveries on the western side of North Slope development. Officials say there’s potential for more discoveries in the region where those were made, in a long-overlooked geological formation called the Nanushuk.

 

https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2018/11/17/big-exploration-season-and-major-projects-planned-as-oil-companies-see-north-slope-resurgence/

 

This is big, didn't see it noted anywhere.

Anonymous ID: 1fdf79 Nov. 19, 2018, 8:41 p.m. No.3967957   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8164

>>3967760, >>3967903 Florida Democratic Party under investigation for election fraud

 

notable af

didn't see it posted yet but this is yuge!

 

"…the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Office of Statewide Prosecution say they have opened a criminal investigation into the allegations".

 

Now we know why Dr. Snipes stepped down, kek!