I am particularly concerned about the substantial increase in narcotics consumption and trafficking in the DR.

I want to discuss specifics about what is happening in the Dominican Republic.

I appreciate, more importantly, however, the role in informing Congress of the underlying decisions for public policy.

I see the administration asking for less funding for CBSI in fiscal year 2012.

But it sounds like in the case of DEA's challenge, enormous as it is, in some cases you have to work around these governmental entities where some of the highest levels of the government seem to be corrupted by the drug traffickers, and…

So if you think about it, both what he is doing throughout the hemisphere and what he is doing in this transaction, which is a very interesting one for you to note, is undermining the long-term national interest of the people of Venezuela.

He is using the nation's resources for his own political aggrandizement.

In my personal view it was good that President Fernandez and the Dominican Government were seeking to try to control their airspace.

Well, with my thanks to this panel for all of your insights and for all of your missions and particularly, Mr. Benson, to you and the men and women of the DEA, thank you very much.

At the end of the day, it is along Central America. We squeeze there and now we see the Caribbean which is very porous.

So if I asked the Venezuelan Government if it was doing anything to prevent drug trafficking, your answer would be yes, no, not very much, somewhat. What would be the answer?