U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell says he’s working to secure sufficient funding for Kentucky’s military posts, including a new middle school at Fort Campbell.
The Trump administration announced plans last month to divert $3.6 billion in funding from military projects like schools to pay for the construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.
McConnell made the remarks Friday (10/4) during an appearance in Louisville with Defense Secretary Mark Esper where they highlighted the importance of Kentucky’s military installations to national security.
McConnell called last month’s announcement a “bump along the way” to getting the sufficient long-term military funding and pledged to “fully fund a new middle school at Fort Campbell, something they’ve wanted for years and I secured in the first place.”
McConnell didn’t say where he would find the funding.
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