i urge the senate to swiftly confirm his nomination, and i want to thank acting secretary eric hargan for serving with such devotion and for doing such a great job in the meantime. thank you very much, eric. finally, i want to wish the american people a truly happy and blessed thanksgiving, especially to our brave men and women serving in our military and our border patrol and ice agents along the very dangerous southern border. as you heard, we lost a border patrol officer just yesterday, and another one was brutally beaten and badly, badly hurt. looks like he'll make it, but very, very badly hurt. and we talk about the wall -- we're going to have the all. it's a part of what we're doing. we need it. it's rough territory. that's where the drugs are coming in. a lot of things are happening along the border -- the southern border -- and we're going to straighten it out. we've already reduced the numbers -- and you see the numbers -- they're back to 78% down from what they were. and those numbers will get better and better, but we have to stop the massive drug flow from pouring in. and

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