I want to talk about the push factor and how unrealistic it is that we can spend any amount of money on it. Just telling you what we've already spent. In just the last three years, we spent $956 million as US economic assistance to those three countries. In terms of drug control, we spent $76 billion to control drugs. Do you really think throwing a few hundred million dollars down there is going to solve that problem at all? (03:01–03:10)
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