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Problem, it's a national problem, because the cartels have a new strategy. >> greta: you fought in vietnam, done a lot on iraq and afghanistan. how is mexico, this war in mexico the same or different from afghanistan? >> for a couple reasons. over the last two years we've seen a shift in the leadership of the cartels away from mafia businessman, the people who want to make money on drugs, to increasing to these cartels being run increasingly by criminals, just nasty, evil men who kill for the sake of killing. that's different than it's been in the past. secondly, the level of violence is escal...

Border have been cut by nearly 40% from two years ago, and that is far fewer people attempting to dross bordcross the border i and despite reports that have tagged places like el paso as dangerous, violent crime in southwest border counties have dropped by a third. el paso and other cities along the border are consistently among the safe nest the nation. -- safest in the nation. [ applause ] of course, we should not accept any violence or crime, and we have always got more work to do, but this progress important. it is not getting reported on. and we are also going beyond the

Violent crimes in some of these border counties. this is data that portrays a picture of reality, that the border today is much more secure than it's been in the past. now, a lot more work yet to be done but it is unified activity. it is this tactical approach in unison that gets us to where we want to go. >> if you don't mind, the tactical side of things, for example, when you made arrests or seized large amounts of drugs, how did you decide who was going to keep those arrested and also the assets that you seized? was it the mexican authorities or the u.s. authorities? how did you come to ter...

That come through the unsecured border counties come up to panel county on their way to metro phoenix. and the government's reaction both at the state and the federal level has been instead of deploying soldiers to the border to secure the border, is to erect these signs. >> bill: as you know,. >> that's shameful. >> bill: i have been leading proponents of the national guard going to the border. you know how effective they would be if put down in there in force. >> absolutely. >> bill: i want to know how this intrusion in your county has affected quality of life. >> this is my second year as t...

That come through the unsecured border counties come up to panel county on their way to metro phoenix. and the government's reaction both at the state and the federal level has been instead of deploying soldiers to the border to secure the border, is to erect these signs. >> bill: as you know,. >> that's shameful. >> bill: i have been leading proponents of the national guard going to the border. you know how effective they would be if put down in there in force. >> absolutely. >> bill: i want to know how this intrusion in your county has affected quality of life. >> this is my second year as t...