So within my organization we have the National Counterterrorism center who's for the last 20 plus years has been focused on Islamist terrorism, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab and others who may be plotting against America and our people and our interests. Now that has been expanded to look at the counternarcotics effort, the counter cartels effort. And what it's doing is actually bringing in and focusing on, hey, how are we engaging with, you know, yes, it's the Customs and border protection folks, it's the dea, … (36:53–37:01)
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