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OF US WERE RINGING THE ALARM OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING ACROSS THE RIVER. THE LEGITIMATE TRADE IS HERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ILLEGITIMATE TRADE, WHETHER...
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| 00:00:27 |
GUEST, -
OR DRUGS, HAS CHANGED INTO VIOLENCE. HOST: WHAT HAS THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TRIED TO DO ABOUT THIS? GUEST: THEY KNEW THAT THE SITUATION WAS GOING ON,...
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| 00:00:55 |
HOST, -
HE HAS TAKEN THIS DRUG CARTEL HAD ON -- HEAD
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| 00:01:04 |
GUEST, -
ON WITH THE ASSISTANCE THAT THE U.S. HAS GIVEN HIM. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE HAS GONE OVER. KEEP IN MIND, WE ARE NOT HANDING...
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| 00:02:10 |
HOST, -
KIDS, WITH NO FUTURE, NO
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| 00:02:13 |
GUEST, -
DRUMS, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS AS A WAY TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. HOST: THE PHONE NUMBERS ARE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. HENRY CUELLAR IS OUR GUEST....
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| 00:02:42 |
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ON PREPAREDNESS. TELL US WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE DOES. GUEST: I AM ACTUALLY NOW THE CHAIR OF THE BORDER MARITIME GROUP. WE DEAL WITH WHAT IS HOMELAND SECURITY...
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| 00:03:14 |
GUEST, -
MEXICO'S STRUGGLE? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE RESOURCES SO THAT WE COORDINATE AND COMMUNICATE SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE PREVENT -- PROTECTIONS, SAID...
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| 00:04:02 |
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SECOND THING THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT IT IS NOT ARMS THAT ARE USED OVER THERE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE TRYING TO ENFORCE
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| 00:04:11 |
GUEST, -
SOME OF THE ISSUES, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE STOP $30 BILLION IN PROFITS GOING DOWN TO MEXICO. HOST: WHAT IS THE ANSWER? GUEST: THIS IS AN ISSUE...
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| 00:04:41 |
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HOST: OUR GUEST IS IN HIS THIRD TERM IN THE
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| 00:04:46 |
GUEST, -
HOUSE. PRIOR TO THAT HE WAS A U.S. CUSTOMS BROKER. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN TEXAS. HENRY CUELLAR, YOUR FIRST PHONE CALL IS FROM GEORGIA.
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| 00:05:04 |
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REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH. FIRST OF ALL, I ADMIT THAT OUR USE OF DRUGS IN THE UNITED...
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| 00:05:29 |
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A WEEK. WE NEED SO MANY JOBS IN AMERICA. WE COULD PUT THEM ON THE BORDER AND WE WOULD HAVE STOPPED ANYBODY FROM COMING IN. IF THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT...
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| 00:06:42 |
GUEST, -
CONSUMPTION. $30 BILLION GO TO MEXICO EVERY YEAR. I THINK WE NEED A SMARTER WAY TO BURMA BORDER SECURITY. I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN THE VIRTUAL WALL, WHICH...
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| 00:08:37 |
HOST, -
THAT GROWS IN DIRT, WERE OUNCE FOR OUNCE MORE THAN GOLD. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR THE SECOND.
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| 00:08:46 |
CALLER, -
IT IS WORTH KILLING FOR SOME PEOPLE. YOU CANNOT REALLY SAY IT ANY OTHER WAY. GUEST: AGAIN, ON THE LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THAT. ACTUALLY,...
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| 00:09:33 |
GUEST, -
ARE DOING IS THEY ARE DIVERSIFYING, GOING INTO HUMAN TRAFFICKING, A HUMAN SMUGGLING, AND THEY ARE GOING TO A LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES ON THE MEXICAN SIDE...
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| 00:11:00 |
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ALL OF THESE LEADERS, IT MEANS THAT IT IS SERIOUS. PRESIDENT OBAMA ALSO SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT CALDERON. CALDERON IS DOING HIS BEST. ONE OF THE BRAVEST...
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| 00:11:15 |
GUEST, -
TO LOOK AT THE STRATEGY AND START ADJUSTING THE STRATEGY. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A $1.3 BILLION PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED UNDER PRESIDENT BUSH, SO NOW WE ...
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| 00:12:49 |
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A MEETING ON THIS SOON. WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT HOW DO WE PROVIDE SPEED? MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS ARE NOT WAITING ON THAT SIDE TO SAY, OKAY, U.S., GIVE...
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| 00:13:08 |
GUEST, -
GOING TO WAIT WHILE THEY GET STRONGER. WE NEED A STRONGER SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET THE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING OVER THEM -- OVER TO THEM AS QUICKLY...
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| 00:13:56 |
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IT IS, COULD NOT WE JUST INCREASE OUR BORDER PATROL? I KNOW THERE
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| 00:14:04 |
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HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNS TO DO THAT. HOST: WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST? HOW BIG? CALLER: DICK. -- BIG. SIMILAR TO THE WORK PROGRAM IN THE DEPRESSION. MAKE IT BIG....
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| 00:14:28 |
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COMING ACROSS.
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| 00:14:33 |
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HOST: CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR? GUEST: BORDER PATROL IN THE LAST 10 YEARS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED ITS PRESENCE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST OVER 20,000. IT...
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| 00:14:59 |
HOST, -
THE
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| 00:15:04 |
GUEST, -
OTHER THING I HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON IT IS TO HAVE THE UAV'S, PREDATORS, FLY OVER THE BORDER MORE. OUT OF THE 2,000 MILES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BORDER...
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| 00:18:29 |
HOST, -
HIS FOREMAN TOLD HIM WHERE NOT TO BE SO THAT THE MEXICANS COULD COME ACROSS.
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| 00:18:34 |
CALLER, -
YOU CAN BUILD A FENCE BUT YOU HAVE ALL THIS CORRUPTION ON YOUR BORDER PATROL. WHEN BUSH WAS DOWN THERE, BORDER PATROL TOLD NO. NOT TO BE SO THAT THEY...
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| 00:19:48 |
GUEST, -
THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING ON THE BORDER PATROL ARE HONORABLE, GOOD, HARD-WORKING INDIVIDUALS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT ONCE IN AWHILE THERE MIGHT BE A BAD...
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| 00:20:54 |
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TIME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IN MEXICO. BACK THEN, YOU COULD WALK ACROSS THE BORDER,
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| 00:21:02 |
CALLER, -
ENJOY YOURSELF FOR THE DAY. IT WAS A GOOD LIFE. THE WAR ON DRUGS, NEED I SAY MORE, CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF PROBLEMS FOR US. I THINK IT MADE US AN ENEMY....
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| 00:22:26 |
GUEST, -
OF COURSE, SOME OF THEM HAVE ALSO BEEN A MILITARY AND LAW- ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I WAS WITH MY...
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| 00:23:35 |
HOST, -
IT IS OK TO GO AFTER IT. OVERALL, I THINK ONCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE THAT THIS IS
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| 00:23:42 |
GUEST, -
NOT THE DEMON THAT SOME PEOPLE PAINTED IT TO BE, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF BILL IS. IS IT PERFECT? I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY NO, I KNOW THAT...
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| 00:24:24 |
HOST, -
OTHER PRESIDENTS HAVE ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDERS LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE A LANGUAGE, AND ON TOP, THIS IS JUST ASSURANCE, AFFIRMING THE LANGUAGE IS NOT MEANT
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| 00:24:38 |
GUEST, -
TO PAY FOR ABORTION. I AM ONE OF THOSE BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS. HOST: HENRY CUELLAR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE WILL TALK MORE HEALTH CARE IN THE NEXT HALF...
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| 00:25:06 |
HOST, -
REPUBLICANS ARE ENGAGING IN A "POLITICAL EXERCISE BY SLOWING THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS." ADDING, THE GOP SHOULD EXCEPT WHEN CAME THROUGH YESTERDAY....
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| 00:25:22 |
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SAME TIME SAY THAT THERE ARE NOT BACKING DOWN. THE SENATE RESUMED DEBATE AT 9:00 A.M. LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN2. THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE IS WEIGHING...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.