>> The men and women of CBP
bring a level of expertise, knowledge, importance
that they can make a huge difference
in making the American public feel safer
and working with our state and local partners, that is unprecedented.
The important part, too, is that we bring assets that no one else has.
We're going to be doing radiation inspections.
We're inspecting cargo and vehicles, particularly for explosive devices.
You know, I know that there'll be thousands of vehicles
that will end up being inspected by our folks.
And we know as good as the technology is,
it's only as good as the people operating it.
And when you look at the level of experience that they have,
we have one operator that's inspected well over 60,000 vehicles.
That's pretty impressive.
And we have air assets and Black Hawk helicopters that make a huge difference.
Besides the important role of securing our nation's borders
and protecting this country from terrorism,
we also have a huge economic role.
We have to make sure that our traders, our manufacturers and our consumers
are protected from counterfeit goods.
I couldn't be more proud of the work that they're doing,
whether it's the inspections of vehicles
or whether it's the air assets or all the other things
that they bring to the table because of their skills, knowledge and abilities.