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Pete Hegseth: “President Trump sealed our border by directing the military…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 26:37

Border security is national security. President Trump said it when he first started to run. You're not a country if you don't have borders. And he's right. President Trump sealed our border by directing the military to mobilize resources and personnel to stop invasion by cartels and other criminal actors. You can do this as well, and many of you have. This also means that you too can and must go on the offense against narco terrorists. (26:37–26:46)

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Asserts that President Trump used the military to secure the U.S. border against cartels.

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