02/01/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"It's clear you face a daunting array of security and governance challenges in the region, yet SOUTHCOM continues to suffer from persistent resource shortfalls that undermine efforts to confront these ..."
"We, of course, must improve and adequately resource our drug interdiction strategy to combat these groups, but we must also renew our efforts to combat the real driver of drug trafficking: the demand ..."
"Libya-based threats to United States interests are growing and if left unchecked, I believe they have the highest potential among security challenges."
"I know that you know that there is an epidemic of manufactured heroin, and the deaths from manufactured heroin overdoses have been described by some Governors, including the Governor of New Hampshire,..."