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Today we are offloading 68
hundred pounds of cocaine that

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was seized, in the Eastern
Pacific Ocean by three

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Coast Guard Cutters, working
for the Joint Inter Agency Task

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Force out of Key West, Florida.

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The approximate value of the
cocaine that was seized is

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92 million dollars.

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This is keeping drugs off
the streets, away from the

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American citizens.

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Furthermore by interdicting
it at sea we prevent it from

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going through Central America,
which helps to stabilize

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those nations, which further
helps to increase our border

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security.

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An impact to the Coast Guard's
presence in the Eastern

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Pacific is we are able to
stop the flow of narcotics

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before they come close
to the American shores.

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By interdicting the smugglers
at sea, it generally makes

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for a safer evolution.

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We have less resistance from
the smugglers out at sea.

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We are able to get more
concentrated quantities of drugs,

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and we stop that flow of
narcotics through Central America

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and Mexico, which helps
to further stabilize those

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countries.

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Ultimately leads to improved
border security for the U.S.

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I'm incredibly proud of our crew.

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We, this summer we had a 45
percent turnover, so about half

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the crew is brand new working together.

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So, the strides of learning
and teamwork that had happened

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to enable us to have these
seizures gives me a huge amount

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of pride working with these professionals.