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TO DATE -- TODAY AND A COMBINED EFFORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA, AND MARYLAND, MORE THAN 50 ALLEGED MEMBERS OF A DANGEROUS SINALOA...
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| 00:00:37 |
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MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION CALLED OPERATION XCELLERATOR. IT COMBINED NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL END OF IT -- INVESTIGATIONS WITH A COMMON FOCUS ON THE...
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| 00:11:39 |
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ONLY BY A BORDER, BUT BY A COMMON HISTORY. WE WOULD BE NAIVE TO THINK WE COULD CONSTRUCT THE CONCERNS THE MEXICANS HAVE TO IN MEXICO, THE VIOLENCE WOULD...
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| 00:11:50 |
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TOWNS THAT ARE A PART OF THE MEXICAN BORDER ARE PLACES I THINK DESERVE SPECIAL ATTENTION, BUT WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT THE DIMENSIONS OF WHAT...
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| 00:12:46 |
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SUCCESSFUL AS IT IS, AS LARGE AS IT IS IS, THE PROBLEM WE FACE IS ONE THAT WILL CONTINUE. IT DOES NOT DECREASE THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE ARE ANNOUNCING...
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| 00:13:05 |
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THAT WE HAVE COOPERATION AT ALL LEVELS, BOTH WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE AND WITH OUR MEXICAN COUNTERPARTS, AND I THINK THE COMBINATION OF THOSE COMPONENTS...
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| 00:13:43 |
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UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO IN MEXICO. SERIOUS PRESSURE PUT ON THESE CARTELS, AND THE RESULT IS A SHRINKING MARKET. THE RESULT IS LESS COCAINE ON THE STREETS...
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| 00:14:30 |
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OUR OPERATIONS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE OPERATIONS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.
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| 00:14:42 |
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THE PURITY HAS DECREASED 34.8%. WE NOT ONLY SAW AN INCREASE IN COCAINE AT THAT TIME. WE SAW THE PRICE OF AMPHETAMINE RISE AS WELL. >> AS THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES...
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| 00:15:22 |
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UNFORTUNATE CONSEQUENCE OF THE COURAGEOUS STAND OUR MEXICAN COUNTERPARTS HAVE TAKEN. THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES,...
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| 00:15:41 |
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DECLARED, AND THE DETERMINATION THEY HAVE SHOWN IN THE FACE OF THAT VIOLENCE IS TO BE COMMENDED. ARE THERE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES? I SUSPECT...
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| 00:16:24 |
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QUALITY OF OF LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY BETTER AS WELL. >>
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| 00:16:29 |
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TWO QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE THE SENSE OF WHETHER MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED WERE U.S. CITIZENS, OR WERE THEY IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, AND I ALSO...
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| 00:16:49 |
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I WILL LET MICHELLE ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION. I OF THE VISIT TO GUANTANAMO WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY INSTRUCTIVE. -- I THOUGHT THE VISIT TO GUANTANAMO WAS...
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| 00:17:12 |
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ARE GOOD ONES. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A REPORT THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED THAT I HAVE EXAMINED AS WELL, BUT I THINK IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY DECREASE OUR DETERMINATION...
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| 00:18:06 |
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MANY LEGALLY HERE AND SOME NOT LEGALLY HERE. THE IMPORTANCE IS LOOKING AT THE HIGHER ECHELON IN THAT CARTEL, AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THE HIGHER ECHELON...
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| 00:18:54 |
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IN OUR CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY AND IN A PHONE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE WEEK BEFORE, THAT WAS A CONCERN HE RAISED ABOUT THE...
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| 00:19:15 |
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IN MEXICO. ATF IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO MAKE SURE WE STOPPED THE FLOW OF THOSE WEAPONS TO MEXICO. AS GOOD PARTNERS, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE...
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| 00:20:37 |
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THE THEM ON THE SALE OF ASSAULT WEAPONS. I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE -- REINSTITUTE THE BAN ON THE SALE
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| 00:20:45 |
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OF ASSAULT WEAPONS. I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE AN INFLUENCE. >> YOU MADE SOME ARRESTS IN MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF...
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| 00:21:11 |
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THE OPERATION WAS ACTUALLY MEXICAN TRAFFICKERS WHO WERE SURROGATES OF THE SINALOA CARTEL AND WORSHIPING IT TO THE MARYLAND AREA, AND WE FOUND THAT ALONG...
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| 00:21:32 |
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POCKETS OF GROUPS OF COCAINE DISTRIBUTORS WHO RECEIVED THEIR COCAINE FROM THESE MEXICAN TRAFFICKERS, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MARYLAND TRAFFICKERS,...
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| 00:22:30 |
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ECUADOR. I AM AWARE THERE ARE SOME U.S. OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPELLED. THEY ARE NOT DEA. >> HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT CORRUPTION IN MEXICO? >> I...
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| 00:22:48 |
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MAY HAVE A POSITIVE AFFECT ON MEXICO TO REINSTITUTE THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN. THE YOU HAVE A TIMETABLE ON THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE THIS...
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| 00:23:01 |
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PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT DURING THE CAMPAIGN. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY A NUMBER
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| 00:23:06 |
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OF THINGS THAT HAVE
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| 00:23:08 |
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BEEN TAKING OF THE -- UP A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THIS TIME, SO I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE SEQUENCING WOULD BE.
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| 00:23:21 |
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IT IS SOMETHING WE THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. >> I AM WONDERING HOW CONCERNED YOU ARE ABOUT CORRUPTION. I AM WONDERING WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH LOCAL LAW...
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| 00:23:50 |
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MONEY THE CARTELS AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS HAVE TO THROW AT PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER, AND WHAT I MADE CLEAR TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THAT FROM...
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| 00:24:03 |
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TOLERATE CORRUPTION ON ANY LEVEL BY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN THE UNITED STATES. MY BACKGROUND IS AS A PUBLIC CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR, AND I WILL...
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| 00:25:13 |
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SOMETHING IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA. WAS THAT A DELIBERATE DECISION BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MEMO WAS THAT A PREDICTION OF POLICIES --...
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| 00:25:52 |
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QUESTION WAS. >> GUANTANAMO. >> I DID NOT WITH THIS -- DID NOT WITNESS ANYTHING WHEN I WAS AT GUANTANAMO THAT WAS LAST LICKS. I DID NOT WITNESS ANY MISTREATMENT...
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| 00:26:13 |
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CONDUCT -- FOR THESE CARDS TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN AN APPROPRIATE
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| 00:26:17 |
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WAY. -- FOR THESE GUARDS TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY. >> LAST WEEK YOU ANNOUNCE THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH...
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| 00:26:46 |
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DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WILL GO AND WHERE THIS IS GOING TO SHAKE UP. >> I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE AN INVOLVED PROCESS. WE HAVE A YEAR, LESS THAN A YEAR...
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| 00:27:11 |
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GUANTANAMO IS AND ALSO WHAT GUANTANAMO WAS. THIS WILL NOT BE AN EASY PROCESS. IT IS ONE WE WILL DO THAT INSURES PEOPLE ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND
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