border. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. in an interview with politico jeffrey buchanan, the army general overseeing the deployment of 58 u.s. troops to the border said some of those troops could start coming home this week and that all of the troops will likely be home by christmas. even as a caravan of migrants continues to make its way to tijuana. u.s. customs officers were forced to close a border crossing near tijuana as a result. lieutenant general buchanan also confirmed reports that fox news and others have reported that the pentagon pushed back on a request by dhs for armed u.s. troops to be in contact with migrants citing legal authority. some of the engineering troops are no longer needed because their job is done. so some may be able to start leaving this week. quote our end date right now is december 15th. and i have no indication from anybody that we ll go beyond that. buchanon told politico. however, some of the troops sent to texas could be sent to help in