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Can be used including not letting concrete be used for purchase. it seems democrats are more interested in sanctuary cities than protecting people that enter the country illegally than protecting legal residents and citizens. heather: $654 billion in military funding, the president could use that. specifically he couldn't use any of it to build a concrete wall. >> the money that was allocated for the wall. heather: i know that specifies you can't use that for a concrete wall. >> exactly exactly exactly. the money that went to the military i think is more flexible. much more flexible, can be

>> a lot of emphasis, barbara starr at the pentagon, on military. i had to sign this because of our brave men and women in uniform. we need to be the best. we will be the best. he said he's giving the troops the largest pay increase they've seen in a decade, general mattis saying this is the largest military budget in history. correct? >> well, this is certainly one of the largest seen in some time. they had to make the case that this bill was about national security, funding the military. mattis has staked his credibility and the credibility of the pentagon on being able to get significant in...

Military budget in history. reversing many years of decline and unpredictable funding. together, we're going to make our military stronger than ever. we in the military are humbled and grateful to the american people for their sacrifices on behalf of this funding. now, it's our responsibility and the military to spend every dollar wisely in order to keep the trust and the confidence of the american people and the congress. >> the president quoted a figure of $654 billion for defense. it's actually closer to $700 billion if you include the amount for overseas funding for the wars. that's approx...