Pete Hegseth: “Hundred percent operational control of the border. That's…”

“I just had a chance to get a great briefing from your division commander on what your division is doing on the southern border for the American people to lock it down. Hundred percent operational control of the border. That's our goal. That's what will happen. Border security is national security. Or take drug cartels who operated in our hemisphere with impunity for decades. Politicians said we'll solve that problem. We'll deal with the drug crisis.” (06:24–06:30)

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