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Pete Hegseth: “We've gone seven months with zero crossings at the southern…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth full speech at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth

Published | Video Starts at 07:16

So the first thing we had to do at the War Department was to reestablish that deterrence on behalf of our country. It started, frankly, from day one on the border, securing our border and locking it down. We've gone seven months with zero crossings at the southern border. Credit to cbp, credit to our law enforcement partners in ICE and others who do very difficult jobs every day. The Department of War is proud to stand beside them and ensure they can do their job. (07:16–07:21)

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Asserts that there have been no crossings at the southern border for seven months.

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