Eric Garrison, who from day one in my office, he was my first sergeant in Iraq. He's one of my senior advisors. Day one, he worked at southcom for a long time. Said we need to be focused on the cartel threat and built a team to help put us in that direction. A lot of which manifest to this day. Patrick Weaver, Phil Hegseth, who I happen to know, and Ricky Berea, my chief, for doing a great job, putting this together. (29:11–29:18)
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