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He was joined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and other senior administration officials.<\/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\/07\/trump-to-head-to-border-as-government-shutdown-goes-into-third-week\/\" 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\/AP19006550055705.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\">Trump to head to border as government shutdown goes into third week<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The president plans the visit &quot;to meet with those on the front lines of national security,&quot; the White House press secretary said.<\/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\">Pence says the president has invited Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi back to the White House to continue their discussions. But he says Trump isn&#8217;t budging on his demand for billions for his border wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of late Monday, there were a lot of unanswered questions, such as how much money the Pentagon has remaining in unobligated military construction funds that could be reprogrammed to support a wall. Typically Congress has to approve funds getting reprogrammed to pay for a federal project other than the project they were authorized for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon was still looking at whether that would be the case if a national emergency is declared, another DoD official said. Both officials spoke on the condition they not be named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 2,350 active-duty and about 2,200 National Guard members currently deployed to the border, one of the officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pence said he and Nielsen will be visiting the Capitol Tuesday and Wednesday to brief House and Senate members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump says he will address the nation Tuesday night about what he says is a \u201ccrisis\u201d at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s prime-time address will come amid the partial government shutdown caused by his insistence that Congress give him more than $5 billion to build a wall on the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump tweets that he will address the nation at 9 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also plans a trip Thursday to the southern border to highlight his demands for the wall. 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