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Border Briefing

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Thomas D. Homan meet with troops assigned to Joint Task Force North to receive a U.S. Northern Command southern border operations brief at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

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