00:00Secretary Rubio, can you come to the camera?
00:05I'm just going to make a brief statement.
00:07I'll be introducing a live unanimous consent request to release the video both to the full Congress but also to the American people.
00:16The public should see this, and I hope that we'll have support to make it public.
00:21I found the legal explanations and the strategic explanations incoherent, but I think American people should see this video, and all members of Congress should have that opportunity.
00:33I certainly want it for myself.
00:35Thank you, Senator.
00:36Secretary.
00:38Make a hole for the full camera.
00:39Wide mouth.
00:41Thank you, guys.
00:42Obviously, we had a classified hearing, so the details of which we can't discuss.
00:46It's, I believe, our 22nd or 23rd bipartisan engagement.
00:48We'll continue to engage with Congress on this.
00:51We're headed to the House now to do a similar briefing and provide updates on this counter-drug mission,
00:56which is focused on dismantling the infrastructure of these terrorist organizations that are operating in our hemisphere,
01:03undermining the security of Americans, killing Americans, poisoning Americans.
01:08And this has been a highly successful mission that's ongoing and continued,
01:11and we're pleased to be here today to update Congress on how that's developing and how that's moving forward.
01:17What does it just mean?
01:18I would just echo that.
01:20It is the 22nd bipartisan briefing we've had on a highly successful mission to counter designated terrorist organizations,
01:29cartels, bringing weapons, weapons meaning drugs, to the American people and poisoning the American people for far too long.
01:36So we're proud of what we're doing, able to lay it out very directly to these senators and soon to the House.
01:41It's all classified.
01:42We can't talk about it now.
01:44We're also going to, tomorrow, allow the Hask and Sask to see the unedited video of the September 2nd,
01:51alongside with Admiral Bradley, who has done a fantastic job, has made all the right calls,
01:56and we're glad he'll be there to do it.
01:57But in keeping with longstanding Department of War policy, Department of Defense policy,
02:02of course we're not going to release a top-secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public.
02:09Hask and Sask and appropriate committees will see it, but not the general.
02:13Very good briefing.
02:25Before I had this job, I was a judge advocate for about 30 years.
02:29There's no doubt in my mind that we have the legal authority to blow up these votes, interdict these votes.
02:36Why not release this video to the whole Congress?
02:41I think it should be.
02:42Is it a mistake?
02:44I think the video should be given to everybody in Congress.
02:47Do you buy their explanation?
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