DRUG POLICY DIRECTOR DEFENDS U.S. EFFORTS.Byline: Cassandra Burrell Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The White House's drug policy chief defended the Clinton administration's anti-drug efforts before skeptical Senate Republicans on Wednesday and invited Congress to become more involved. Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey Barry Richard McCaffrey (b. November 17 1942, Taunton, Massachusetts) is a retired United States Army General. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the United States Military Academy, where he had been the Bradley Professor of International Security Studies from 2001 to urged the Senate Judiciary Committee The U.S. Senate established the Committee on the Judiciary on December 10, 1816, as one of the original 11 standing committees. It is also one of the most powerful committees in Congress; among its wide range of jurisdictions is investigation of federal judicial nominees and oversight of to approve President Clinton's request for a $15.1 billion initiative relying heavily on drug education, prevention and treatment programs, as well as interdiction INTERDICTION, civil law. A legal restraint upon a person incapable of managing his estate, because of mental incapacity, from signing any deed or doing any act to his own prejudice, without the consent of his curator or interdictor. 2. and a crackdown on drug-related crime Illegal drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, morphine and amphetamines). and violence. The program would increase anti-drug spending by 9.3 percent. ``I welcome the oversight and the involvement of those of you in Congress,'' McCaffrey said. Clinton, Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore and other high-ranking members of the administration ``are committed to a counterdrug strategy,'' he said. ``They are parents. They are responsible people.'' Republican leadership in Congress has accused Clinton of being soft on illegal drugs and contends that drug use among young people has increased under his leadership. Some have complained that Clinton's approach puts too much emphasis on drug treatment and too little on enforcement and interdiction. ``Somewhere we got off the rails, and we need to get back on track,'' said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. ``The administration has said that there is no silver bullet No Silver Bullet - essence and accidents of software engineering is a well-known paper on software engineering written by Fred Brooks in 1986. Brooks argues that there will be no more technologies or practices that will serve as "silver bullets" and create a twofold which will solve the drug problem. I agree,'' said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. ``There is no silver bullet, but there are other weapons a president has at his disposal, weapons the president has failed to utilize.'' Spending on interdiction has declined since 1993, but the amount of some drugs seized from drug traffickers actually has increased, said McCaffrey. But Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., pointed out that could mean more illegal drugs are in circulation. McCaffrey agreed to study interdiction efforts and report back to the committee. McCaffrey also said educating children may be the key to winning the war on drugs. |
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