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You don't care if you are male or female, we don't care where you go to church. there is trouble out there, you keep the faith, trouble looms and you go towards the trouble to help. >> he said just do your job, don't listen to the noise, don't listen to folks in new york and hollywood, doing news reports because you guys are doing your job. and they are not getting combat pay. and jeff flake, like you said, it is a stunt. brian: he will say anything to make the president look bad on his way out.

Homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen that he did not anticipate military personnel coming into direct contact with migrants. >> they don't need their weapons. the engineers, the soldiers, the marines doing that are overwatched by mps that are armed and the normal force protection wherever they go. >> unlike a deployment overseas, these troops that will miss thanksgiving with their families are not getting combat pay. they're living in tents and eating prepackaged mres. the president has mentioned the caravan heading to the border many times. today republican senator jeff flake called t...

They are not getting combat pay. most are living in tents and eating -- at first the name of the mission was made very public. operation faithful patriot. the message from top brass here at the pentagon dropped the name and tell the public the u.s. military is supporting the border patrol. the president mentioned the migrant caravan heading to the southern border many times ahead of the mid-term elections but hasn't mentioned it much since. it is still not clear why the pentagon took the unusual step of deploying active duty forces and not the national guard as it has done in the past. five of...

Commander, call back tells you if you read all that stuff, you'll go nuts. you know what i mean? >> the pentagon will not say how much this deployment costs. early estimates point to a $200 million bill which some worry will be less money to fix planes and maintain equipment. unlike a deployment overseas, these troops are not getting combat pay. they are living in tents and eating prepackaged mrds, even though fast food and grocery stores are nearby. at first, the name of the mission of was made very publi, operation -- the top brass drop that name. >> i have given instructions. i did not want...

Weapons. engineers have designed the barbed wire. the normal protection, wherever they go. >> reporter: these 7,000 u.s. troops sent to the border will be missing thanksgiving with their families. the pentagon has been unwilling to answer questions about how much this deployment will cost. the pentagon will be paying tpoeurt. early estimates point to a $200 million bill, which some worry will mean less money to fix planes and maintain equipment. >> we will update you on costs as they become known. obviously, capturing the cost. >> reporter: unlike a deployment overseas these troops are not get...