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A group of House Democrats is “strongly” urging Defense Secretary Mark Esper not to redirect another $7.2 billion in Pentagon funding to build President Trump’s southern border wall. Read more »

Diverting billions of dollars more from defense programs toward a border wall with Mexico risks dealing a larger blow to military readiness, House Democrats have warned Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Read more »

“It’s really just preserving relationships and making sure that China, particularly, does not become a partner out of necessity,” Brown, a retired Army officer, said in an interview. Read more »

On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of 11 congressmen, led by HASC Vice Chair Anthony Brown, D-Md., sent a separate letter to Esper, warning the move is a “shortsighted action that both diminishes our overall national security posture and our ability to lead with American values and influence.” Read more »

The letter follows other efforts by Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.), along with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) to keep troops on the continent. Read more »

The lawmakers warned pulling troops out of Africa in favor of a "narrow focus on confronting Russia and China" would be "shortsighted." Read more »

Congress included a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, passed in December, directing the Pentagon to work with the departments of Energy and Homeland Security to research ways to make fuel out of carbon dioxide pulled directly from ocean water and the ambient air. Read more »

“The execution of stability operations in Africa and meeting China and Russia in great power competition are not mutually exclusive,” the lawmakers wrote. “Rather than retreat from African affairs, it is in the interest of the United State to continue to share democratic values and military expertise with developing nations across the continent.” Read more »

Spearheaded by Maryland Democrat Rep. Anthony Brown, the lawmakers said in a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper that cutting back U.S. troops in Africa was antithetical to the National Security Strategy Congress backs. Read more »

Democrats have called the administration’s justification for the strike into question after Pompeo and other administration officials briefed Congress about the operation Wednesday. Read more »