I think that what the president and his team have mapped out is a strategy to shut down the drug trade and these cartels which are designated terrorist organizations. The president has authority as commander in chief to go after these folks. They [drug cartels] are killing literally tens of thousands of people in this country every year. And it's high time we did something about it. The things that the President has done are having the desired effect. You're starting to see the number of these cartel, this activity. (01:02–08:51)
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