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A Border Patrol officer inside his vehicle guards the border fence at San Diego across the border from Tijuana, Mexico.

Troops To Be Deployed To Border To Build 160 Miles Of Fencing

By: Tom Bowman | NPR
Posted on: Thursday, January 3, 2019

The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to provide additional active-duty troops on the Southern border. They will upgrade or add 160 miles of fencing in Arizona and California.

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President Donald Trump with Pauline Conner, widow of 1st Lt. Garlin Conner, during a ceremony at the White House Tuesday. Trump presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to Conner for his actions in January 1945 during World War II.

WWII Soldier Receives Medal Of Honor Posthumously

By: Tom Bowman | NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

President Trump presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to Garlin M. Conner on Tuesday. Connor was a World War II soldier who ran ahead of his unit to call in artillery on German forces.