The Pentagon's Office of the Inspector General has launched a review of the deployment of thousands of US soldiers to the southern border with Mexico, a mission ordered by President Trump
The Inspector General's office"has decided to conduct an evaluation" to"examine the use of military personnel along the southern border," Glenn Fine, who is performing the duties of the Inspector General, said in a statement Tuesday.Fine said the evaluation was launched"based on several requests" made to the Inspector General's office.
Read MoreOthers have expressed concern about the costs of the deployments which were not initially budgeted by the military and cost some $130 million as of January 1, but the Pentagon has yet to produce new estimates since the mission was indefinitely extended.
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