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In this June 20, 2008 file photo, members of the 200th Red Horse Air National Guard Civil Engineering Squadron from Camp Perry in Ohio, including Tech Sgt. David Hughes, right, and Tech Sgt. William Bunker, second from right, work on building a road at the border in Nogales, Ariz. President Donald Trump said April 3, 2018, he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. The Department of Homeland Security and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. At the Pentagon, officials were struggling to answer questions about the plan, including rudimentary details on whether it would involve National Guard members, as similar programs in the past have done. But officials appeared to be considering a model similar to a 2006 operation in which former President George W. Bush deployed National Guard troops to the southern border in an effort to increase security and surveillance.

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Trump signs order sending National Guard to Mexican border

by Jill Colvin Associated PressApril 4, 2018

In this June 13, 2006, file photo, Utah National Guard soldiers work on extending a border fence in San Luis, Ariz., President Donald Trump said April 3, 2018, he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. The Department of Homeland Security and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. At the Pentagon, officials were struggling to answer questions about the plan, including rudimentary details on whether it...

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Trump says US military must secure Mexican border until wall is built

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressApril 3, 2018

In this Feb. 15, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room at the White House, in Washington. Trump administration officials said they’re crafting a new legislative package aimed at closing immigration “loopholes” after the president called on Republican lawmakers to immediately pass a border bill using the “Nuclear Option if necessary” to muscle it through.

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Trump administration seeks to close immigration ‘loopholes’

by Jill Colvin Associated PressApril 3, 2018

In this Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson as he boards Marine One to leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., after his first medical check-up as president. On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, President Donald Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, and tweeted that Jackson is his nominee to replace Shulkin.

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VA pick impressed Trump when he gave glowing health report

by Jill Colvin Associated PressMarch 29, 2018

White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah takes questions during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2018.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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White House disputes porn star claim

by Jill Colvin Associated PressMarch 26, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, about the $1.3 trillion spending bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Trump signs $1.3T budget after veto threat

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Alan Fram Associated PressMarch 23, 2018

FILE - In this March 16, 2018, file photo. National security adviser H.R. McMaster waves as he walks into the West Wing of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump announced on Twitter on March 22, 2018, that McMaster is being replaced by former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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McMaster out, Bolton in as Trump’s national security adviser

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, Catherine Lucey Associated Press, and Ken Thomas Associated PressMarch 22, 2018

President Donald Trump talks with reporters during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday in Washington.

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As rumors of exodus swirl, White House pushes back

by Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, Catherine Lucey Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressMarch 17, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during a tours as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego, as Rodney Scott, the Border Patrol's San Diego sector chief, listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump views border wall designs, bashes Calif. on trip west

by Julie Watson Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressMarch 13, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation in Moon Township, Pa., Saturday, March 10, 2018.

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Trump doesn’t set age for guns, defers on arming teachers

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Catherine Lucey Associated PressMarch 12, 2018