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Video: President, Defense Secretary Attend Counternarcotics Briefing

July 10, 2020

President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper delivered remarks while attending a briefing on enhanced counternarcotics operations at U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Doral, Fla.

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