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Scott Bessent: “The threat is transnational. Our response must be no less…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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FULL SPEECHES: US Sec. Rubio, Miller & Scott Speak on Terrorism, Security & Global Cooperation |AC1E

Published | Video Starts at 43:26

As such, it is important to emphasize that treasury will act based on suspected unlawful conduct by these terror organizations, not because of their beliefs or ideologies. At treasury, this work is mission critical. But we cannot do it alone. The threat is transnational. Our response must be no less so. Indeed, our cooperation must be as disciplined as the networks we seek to dismantle. The global financial system is one of the great achievements of the modern world, and we never must allow it to become a sanctuary for those who seek to subvert it. (43:26–43:32)

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Asserts that the threat of terrorism is transnational and requires a transnational response.

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