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Mark Kelly: “The Coast Guard has the resources to [interdict drugs].”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Sen. Mark Kelly says government shutdown could end this week if GOP negotiates

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

Members of the United States Navy now in this operation, which is clearly traditionally a law enforcement operation, now escalating to something maybe, as the president talks about regime change, I think this is the wrong move for this president. The Coast Guard has the resources to [interdict drugs]. Do this, to interdict drugs. To interdict drugs. That's the way this has traditionally been done. And I do worry about the legal authorities, or lack thereof, that the United States military has to conduct these kind of strikes. (01:19–01:22)

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