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Pete Hegseth: “The Defense Department's going to be a part of solving…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:34

If you're trafficking in drugs, you're trafficking in people, you're trafficking in violence that affect the American people, that's unacceptable. And The Defense Department's going to be a part of solving [drug, human trafficking, and violence issues]. that. China on its end, and then the US Government on the Mexico side. Friday, big day in Alaska. President Trump meets with Vladimir Putin. (07:34–07:37)

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Asserts that the Defense Department will address trafficking and violence affecting Americans.

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