
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected Monday to visit troops deployed the U.S. border with Mexico about a week after the Pentagon boosted its six-year mission to the region by 1,600 active-duty service members. Hegseth will stop in El Paso, Texas, home to Fort Bliss, which is serving as an entry point for troops to receive training before moving to a location along the border selected by Customs and Border Protection, according to Joint Task Force-North, a joint headquarters at the Army base. He is expected to visit “the local...