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Trump officials pick four companies to build prototypes of border wall
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | August 31, 2017 | Tracy Jan, The Washington Post

Posted on 08/31/2017 2:18:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The Trump administration on Thursday announced it has chosen four companies to build concrete prototypes of the president’s much-touted border wall.

Construction of the prototypes, to take place in San Diego, is the first step in fulfilling Trump’s campaign promise of building a “big, beautiful” wall stretching along the 2,000-mile Mexico border.

“Today we mark a significant milestone,” said Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

But there appears to be a lack of political will to fund a continuous barrier. Congress has set aside $20 million in the current budget to build the prototypes but has not appropriated any other money for the wall.

The four companies are: Caddell Construction in Montgomery, Alabama, Fisher Sand and Gravel/DBA Fisher Industries in Tempe, Arizona, Sterling Construction in Houston, and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

The administration was originally expected to announce its decision on prototypes in June,but the contracting process was delayed after protests from two companies that had not made the list of finalists....

(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: borders; california; mexico; trump; trumpwall
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To: Seruzawa

More ships will solve several of the Navy’s problems, though not all.


21 posted on 08/31/2017 3:34:07 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: crosdaddy

Coral snakes and gators? I’m easy as long as they are deadly.


22 posted on 08/31/2017 4:19:50 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh my it really doesn’t look like Trump got the memo from Menopausal Annie Coulter that he is NEVER going to build the wall or get tax reform either; oh how confused Trump must be!


23 posted on 08/31/2017 4:27:06 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the article I see a problem. The photo shows a wall but all you have to do is go around it by the river.


24 posted on 08/31/2017 4:27:54 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Seruzawa

“The Navy’s problems won’t be solved by more ships.”

That is painfully obvious.


25 posted on 08/31/2017 4:39:36 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Seruzawa

We dont have a navy just to have a navy.


26 posted on 09/03/2017 10:57:55 AM PDT by Delta 21 (AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Terrorist Organizations)
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To: grobdriver; Red Badger

From the article:

“The agency said the wall prototypes will be built on the eastern edge of the secondary fence in San Diego and will act as new barriers.”


27 posted on 09/03/2017 6:33:07 PM PDT by BeauBo
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