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Karoline Leavitt: “Democrats need to fund the Department of Homeland Security…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 30, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 12:14

Again, the president has stepped in in the meantime to do what's right to end this crisis that we've had at air travel and at airports across the country. And in the meantime but again, Congress needs to come back. Democrats need to fund the Department of Homeland Security so we can formally and fully get these great employees paid long into the future. Jonathan, thanks a lot. Caroline. Two questions regarding the financial costs of the war. Back during the Persian Gulf War, 1990, 1991, Arab countries paid for the vast majority of the cost of the war, Kuwait, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the uae. (12:14–12:24)

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Asserts that Democrats need to fund DHS to ensure employees are paid in the future.

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