AEI: Air Force Most at Risk of Losing Milcon Money for Border Wall

March 25, 2019

A new interactive map from the American Enterprise Institute shows which military construction projects are most likely to have their funding impacted by the President’s order to build a border wall.
AEI’s analysis said the Air Force would likely be hit the hardest.
It also said the bulk of the projects at risk of being delayed are in just 15 states and Puerto Rico, but 15 other states also have projects on the at-risk list.
 
DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith

March 25, 2019

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