Because our department has spent over two decades defending other homelands, and we're very proud to be defending our own. And if you talk to the troops down, say, on the southwest border, Mr. President, Morale is sky high [among troops on the southwest border] because they're proud to be defending their own communities. their own state, and their own country. So when that executive order was signed, the mission was clear. Protecting the American people against invasion. (02:21–02:26)
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Asserts that troop morale on the southwest border is high due to pride in defending their communities.
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