2 Pentagon job faces tough questions during confirmation hearing]The Defense Department launched the program in 2009. Last year, officials heightened security screenings specifically for MAVNI recruits, diverting “already constrained Army fiscal and manpower resources,” the memo said. The copy obtained by The Washington Post was signed off by Pentagon personnel official Tony Kurta on May 19. It remains unclear if military officials would hand over that information to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Pentagon is also considering ending the careers of 2,400 part-time troops in the program who have yet to attend basic training.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2017 00:30 UTC