Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited with U.S. troops and received an operational update at the southern border on Monday regarding the military’s efforts to secure it.

Hegseth visited Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, with President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, and received updates from U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command.

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