NSA Michael Waltz During Trip To Greenland: 'President Trump Is Absolutely Serious... About The Arctic'

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At an event on Friday in Greenland, NSA Michael Waltz spoke about President Trump's interest in the Arctic.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Vice President.

00:05And I just wanted to take a minute and thank you all, to the airmen and women, to the guardians

00:11who are keeping us safe day in and day out.

00:15You are continuing a tradition, a tradition of the U.S. military's presence in Greenland

00:20since World War II, the 1951 Defense Treaty.

00:25And President Trump is absolutely serious with the Vice President and with his team

00:30about the Arctic and the security that the Arctic brings and that you bring to the Western

00:37Hemisphere.

00:38This is about shipping lanes.

00:39This is about energy.

00:41This is about fisheries.

00:45And of course, it's about your mission, which is keeping us safe and monitoring space, monitoring

00:51our adversaries, and making sure the American people can sleep safely in their homes day

00:59in and day out.

01:00So thank you for roughing it.

01:02Thank you for being without your families.

01:05I bet every one of you are going to pick somewhere in, I don't know, Florida or the Bahamas or

01:09something for your next duty station, I would think.

01:13But this is also, I mean, what an incredible adventure.

01:17I have yet to meet a veteran.

01:19My wife is a veteran.

01:21I am as well.

01:22And of course, the Vice President, I have yet to meet a veteran that says, wow, I regret

01:27my time in service.

01:29Instead, they cherish it the rest of their lives.

01:32So appreciate this moment and this adventure that it is.

01:37And the American people, thank you.

01:40President Trump thanks you.

01:41And I know the Vice President and the Second Lady thanks you as well.

01:47And it's just really an honor to be with you again.

01:49Thanks so much.

NSA Michael Waltz During Trip To Greenland: 'President Trump Is Absolutely Serious... About The Arctic'

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