Watch live: Hegseth gives remarks at ‘Shield of the Americas’ forum in Panama

Summary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will give remarks Wednesday afternoon at the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition forum, a U.S.-led multinational coalition envisioned to coordinate security and military efforts to counter transnational criminal organizations, notably drug cartels operating in Central and South America. Hegseth visited Panama last year as the Trump administration weighed attempting to take back…