And so you had basically three of our primary opponents in the world operating from our hemisphere from that spot. It was also a place where you had a narco trafficking regime that openly cooperated with the FARC and the ELN and other drug trafficking organizations using their national territory. It was an enormous strategic risk for the United States not halfway around the world, not in another continent, but in the hemisphere in which we all live. (15:47–15:58)
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