Pete Hegseth is recognizing service members who deployed to the US Southern border with a Mexican border defenseman on the. This is something that you've been calling for for a long time. Actually. Yes, I have. And you know, the, The Mexican Border Defense Medal is actually not new. It was first issued in 1918. Flashback to Pancho Villa and the expedition that we did down there to secure the border back in 1918. I've been calling for this for a while because I went to the U.S. mexico border. (01:01–01:09)
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Asserts the historical issuance of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in 1918.
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