Camp Pendleton Marines likely to remain at U.S.-Mexico border into January

CAMP PENDLETON — Military troops, including at least 1,100 from Camp Pendleton, likely will remain at the U.S.-Mexico border into January, pending a Department of Defense decision by the end of the day Tuesday, Dec. 4, said Lt. Col. James Davis, a spokesman for the DOD.
In an interview during the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley on Saturday, Defense Secretary James Mattis expressed support for the plan. Mattis confirmed that the Department of Defense received a request from Kir