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    Trump Makes Jared Kushner Manager of Border Wall Construction to Put ‘Laser Focus’ on Project–Report

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    Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has scheduled US– border-wall meetings every two weeks since July to press for quicker progress, as the US President has been increasingly frustrated with the slow pace of construction on the project he campaigned on in 2015.

    US President Donald Trump has put his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in charge of overseeing the construction of the border wall as de facto project manager, reported The Post on Monday.

    Kushner has been convening biweekly meetings to receive from government officials about progress on the wall, including contractor data, the specific location of its sections and how funding is being channelled.

    Trump's son-in-law has also been conveying the president's demands to the group, the publication cites anonymous officials familiar with the matter as saying.

    After Kushner took control of the project, he reportedly elevated the regular meetings to executive-level gatherings at the White House requiring the attendance of Cabinet-level officials.

    Kushner has talked with other officials about securing money for the wall, to the point of mentioning using construction funds again.

    On 21 November US President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill to stop the US government from shutting down, buying the administration more time to negotiate billions of dollars in funding for the US-Mexico border wall.

    The short-term spending bill, which is also known as a continuing resolution, was…

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