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Trump Says Military Will Be Paid Despite Shutdown [View all]
https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/11/trump-says-military-will-be-paid-despite-shutdown/Trump Says Military Will Be Paid Despite Shutdown
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
“President Trump said he had directed the Pentagon to pay military servicemembers next week, with the government shutdown expected to continue amid an impasse in Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Saturday that he had directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ‘use all available funds’ to make sure troops receive their paychecks on Oct. 15. Military servicemembers have been expected next week to miss their first full paychecks since the shutdown began.”
Politico: “To scrounge up enough money to pay the troops, the Pentagon is tapping into its research and development accounts to use money Congress made available for two years.”
“Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Saturday that he had directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ‘use all available funds’ to make sure troops receive their paychecks on Oct. 15. Military servicemembers have been expected next week to miss their first full paychecks since the shutdown began.”
Politico: “To scrounge up enough money to pay the troops, the Pentagon is tapping into its research and development accounts to use money Congress made available for two years.”
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