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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that President Trump will sign a proclamation for the deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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  • Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that President Trump will sign a proclamation for the deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Nielsen added that replacements and updates to the border wall would qualify as “new wall.”

  • The White House said the in Syria, a day after Trump said he wants to “bring the troops back home.”

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