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It's Monday, the 24th of March, welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First, the Trump administration deploys a second U.S. warship to patrol the waters around the U.S.-Mexico border in a bid to further curb illegal migration and drug smuggling. And later in the

show, as the American bombing campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi militants of Yemen continues

into its second week, U.S. officials reveal that they have taken out

Kehouti leadership, including the terror group's head rocket man. But first, today's afternoon

spotlight. The Trump administration is intensifying their efforts to tighten American military

control of the U.S.-Mexico border, deploying a Navy warship to the region for the

second time in less than a week. Now, officials with the Navy said that the USS Spruance,

that's an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, departed naval base San Diego on Saturday,

with the task of supporting interdiction efforts aimed at curbing illegal migration and drug

smuggling. Until recently, the vessel had been on a five-month deployment in the Middle East,

defending against Houthi missile attacks, but will now patrol the waters off of America's

western coast. That's according to a report from Fox News. Its deployment follows that of the USS

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