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At the same time, Hegseth has authorized the reassignment of hundreds of JAGs for temporary duty as immigration judges.
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Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Using Section 301 is seen as an overt attempt to resurrect Trump’s global tariffs strategy, which is currently subject to time restrictions, with temporary duties due to expire in July.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Earlier this month, a DHS official in Minneapolis sent a memo to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations officers assigned to the state on temporary duty asking them to use a form to input information on protesters and agitators.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Washington understood that leadership was a temporary duty, not a permanent possession.
—Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to assign dozens of attorneys to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for temporary duty in Memphis and along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a memo obtained by the Associated Press (AP).
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The deployments are expected to cost about $134 million just to cover temporary duty travel costs such as getting to the city, housing and food, Pentagon acting comptroller Bryn MacDonnell said at a separate House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 10 June 2025
At the weather service, NOAA is conducting short-term temporary duty assignments and has offered reassignment opportunities to try to move people around to the most understaffed offices.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 June 2025
At the bar, the couple found their targets — the U.S. soldiers, who were on temporary duty in Bogotá.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Using Section 301 is seen as an overt attempt to resurrect Trump’s global tariffs strategy, which is currently subject to time restrictions, with temporary duties due to expire in July.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Earlier this month, a DHS official in Minneapolis sent a memo to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations officers assigned to the state on temporary duty asking them to use a form to input information on protesters and agitators.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Washington understood that leadership was a temporary duty, not a permanent possession.
—Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to assign dozens of attorneys to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for temporary duty in Memphis and along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a memo obtained by the Associated Press (AP).
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The deployments are expected to cost about $134 million just to cover temporary duty travel costs such as getting to the city, housing and food, Pentagon acting comptroller Bryn MacDonnell said at a separate House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 10 June 2025
At the weather service, NOAA is conducting short-term temporary duty assignments and has offered reassignment opportunities to try to move people around to the most understaffed offices.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 June 2025
At the bar, the couple found their targets — the U.S. soldiers, who were on temporary duty in Bogotá.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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