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Kash Patel: “We will, if the appropriations process allows, augment the…”

Featuring: Kash Patel, Republican | Former Chief of Staff to the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense | National

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Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel

Published | Video Starts at 43:40

We have already sent dozens of agents and analysts out there to countermand the entire narcotics flow and interdiction process at the border. Specifically when it comes to the state of Texas, or We will, if the appropriations process allows, augment the number of agents and analysts in the field and SOS support staff by over 85. That will cover down on every major city in Texas and allow us to cover down on the ras in the outlying regions. (43:40–43:49)

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Asserts that the FBI plans to increase field agents and support staff by over 85, pending appropriations.

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