Homeland Security questioned on military base breach attempts

Two Jordanians trying to get aboard Quantico in Virginia and Chinese nationals attempting to access U.S. military bases and other sensitive sites up to 100 times led a North Carolina senator and 12 colleagues to demand answers from Homeland Security.

The incident in northern Virginia happened May 3, with two people in a box truck posing as Amazon subcontractors. A letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas led by U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., notes a March 27 incident at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms in California and another at Fort Wainwright in Alaska.

The senators want answers by June 6 on 10 questions.

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