Derrick Van Orden: “I lived in Djibouti for a long time, and I sent some of my…”

“At any given time, there's between 3,000 and 5,000 Dhows on. Between the Iran and Babelmandeb. That's the same distance from the tip of Florida to Boston that you're trying to find these dhows. I lived in Djibouti for a long time, and I sent some of my guys to Yemen. and that was a big secret, and it's not anymore, obviously. But, Ms. Thompson, have you guys looked at this from a policy perspective?” (03:53–03:57)

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