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I want those boats taken out. And if we have to, we'll attack on land also, just like we attack on sea. And there's very little coming in by sea. I think we've knocked out over 90% of it. There's very little, and I understand that there's very little. We're saving hundreds of thousands of lives with those pinpoint attacks. It's an amazing thing when you see a boat going along and, you know, a lot of the press would like to say they're not. (02:00–02:07)

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Asserts that over 90% of drug trafficking by sea has been stopped.

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