Pleasure to introduce our Secretary of War, the honorable Pete Heath. Well, good morning everybody. Well, General Donovan and I are are pleased to welcome all of you to Southern Command this morning. I'm honored to be the first Secretary of War to lead a hemispheric defense conference like this in more than 30 years. This conference is about you. This conference is about us. This conference is not called the America Apostrophe S America's Counter Cartel Conference. It's the Americas Counter Cartel Conference. (08:51–08:59)
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