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Pete Hegseth: “The President had the courage to designate these cartels as…”

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That includes trend Nicaragua and cartels and violent criminals. They bring drugs. And you mentioned it, Mr. President. Poisoning, an intentional poisoning of the American people, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans. So The President had the courage to designate these cartels as designated terrorist organizations. A number of us here served in the military and spent 20 years fighting terrorists like Al Qaeda and ISIS on the other side of the world. (12:11–12:17)

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