02/25/2009
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"Are you seeing some of that in the interactions in the cartel versus the country of Mexico military violence?"
"How large are the troops? I mean, I heard numbers yesterday going as high as cartels having 50,000 armed soldiers working for the cartel."
"It seems, at least from what I have been able to see, that the movement of the drugs and individuals is coming up not through the border checks but cross-country."
"Well, first, I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership in bringing us all together and bringing us to be here in El Paso to see firsthand the needs and to hear the stories of those who ar..."