{"id":46399,"date":"2019-01-31T21:27:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/31\/did-defense-officials-hide-border-mission-details-from-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:22:31","slug":"did-defense-officials-hide-border-mission-details-from-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/01\/31\/did-defense-officials-hide-border-mission-details-from-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Did defense officials hide border mission details from Congress?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Lawmakers want to know if Defense Department officials intentionally hid plans to boost troop deployments along the U.S. southern border when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/29\/democrats-want-to-know-why-active-duty-troops-are-still-on-the-southern-us-border\/\" target=_blank>they testified before Congress this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe number one thing that the House Armed Services Committee wants from the Defense Department this Congress is transparency,\u201d committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/24\/new-hasc-chairmans-tough-sell-more-defense-spending-isnt-always-better\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash<\/a>., said in a statement Thursday afternoon. \u201cWe did not get full transparency during this week\u2019s hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a scathing letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/23\/trump-fires-mattis-early-shanahan-to-take-over-jan-1\/\" target=_blank>acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan<\/a>, Smith criticized Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood for not mentioning impending plans to increase the active-duty military presence along the border by 3,500 troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/29\/thousands-more-troops-headed-to-border-dod-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45816163392_82a89c2193_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Thousands\u2019 more troops headed to border, DoD says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">No specific numbers were provided, but DoD confirmed large additional deployment to occur.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the move kept senior defense officials from answering difficult questions about the ongoing mission in public and undermined lawmakers\u2019 oversight role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt best this was an error in judgement, at worst this was knowingly withholding information from this committee as it performs its oversight responsibility,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hearing, which spanned nearly three hours and featured pointed questions from House Democrats about the timeline and political connections of the ongoing border mission, finished just a few hours before Pentagon planners released a statement confirming an increase in the active-duty troop totals there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 2,300 troops are currently deployed across several southern U.S. states in support roles with the Department of Homeland Security, providing construction, logistics and intelligence services. The deployments began last October and totaled nearly 6,000 at points last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics including Smith have panned the mission as a political exercise, designed to imply an immigration emergency along the border when federal statistics show no meaningful increase in illegal crossings or imminent threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Rood testified that the threat posed by a massive caravan of immigrants in Central America justified the move. He also said in the hearing that \u201cthere will be additional deployments of active duty troops that will go through the end of this fiscal year,\u201d but he did not mention an increase in the current deployment level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense planners later said they will send an additional 3,500 troops at the request of Homeland Security officials, bringing the total number of troops deployed to about 5,800.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/29\/democrats-want-to-know-why-active-duty-troops-are-still-on-the-southern-us-border\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4914367.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Democrats want to know why active-duty troops are still on the southern US border<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 2,000 active-duty troops are still deployed there, months after President Trump said there was an imminent immigration threat.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current orders for the border mission expire at the end of September. A defense official said it is unlikely all 5,800 will stay at the border through September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith said the decision to withhold the formal increase announcement until after the hearing damages lawmakers\u2019 trust in the independence and honesty of the Defense Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a violation of the executive branch\u2019s obligation to be transparent with Congress, which oversees, authorizes, and funds its operations,\u201d he said. \u201cIt also raises questions about whether the department thinks the policy of sending additional troops to the border is so unjustified that they cannot defend an increase in public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Reporter Tara Copp contributed to this story. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon officials announced thousands more troops headed to the border just hours after a congressional hearing on the 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