5,000 US troops to deploy to US-Mexico border, report says

A fence along the U.S Mexican border west of Nogales, Arizona, on March 16, 2018. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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The Pentagon is apparently set to deploy an additional 5,000 U.S. troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, officials announced Monday.

Troops would be sent from Texas, Arizona and California, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

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Military to Deploy 5,000 Troops to Southern Border, U.S. Officials Say

The U.S. military is deploying 5,000 troops to the southern border, U.S. officials say, an increase from the initial estimate of 800.

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Kim Jong Un replaces NK’s top three military officials ahead of summit, report says

A photo released by KCNA news agency on March 12, 2013, shows North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Wolnae-do Defence Detachment on the western front line. (KCNA/Xinhua/Zuma Press/MCT)

A report by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that was picked up by the Washington Post suggests that the move was a way to ease tensions within the military before a possible denuclearization deal is struck with the U.S.

“The North appears to have brought in new figures amid the changes in inter-Korean relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula, as the previous officials lacked flexibility in thinking,” according to a source that spoke with Yonhap.

The officials who were reportedly dropped included some of North Korea’s highest-ranking individuals.