Final Exam.U.S. CERTIFICATION RESULTS FOR 2001 could be the last. President George W Bush isn't keen on the annual report card and several proposals floating around Congress could make it but a memory by next year. The U.S. State A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and Department this year certified Mexico and Colombia--despite increased coca production--along with Bolivia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. , Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. Haiti remains decertified for not working hard enough to stop drug traffickers but faces no sanctions. "Throughout its 15-year existence, the certification process has proved to be an effective, if blunt, policy instrument for counter-narcotics cooperation." -Rand Beers, assistant secretary of state for narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. (AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. ) "We despise it. It is unilateral and is counterproductive." -Rodrigo Labardini, counselor for antinarcotics programs at the Mexican embassy in Washington (San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Union-Tribune) "Mexico has done some record-setting...opium and marijuana production eradication." -Robert Brown of the White House Drug Control Policy Office (AP) "The litmus test litmus test n. A test for chemical acidity or basicity using litmus paper. is going to be whether they catch and prosecute the major kingpins in Mexico." -Ana Maria Salazar, expert on U.S.-Mexico relations, Mexican Autonomous Technological Institute (Knight-Ridder) "The annual drug certification process...has outlived its usefulness." -U.S. Representative Silvestre Reyes (LATIN TRADE) "[Before certification] we got zero cooperation. Colombia and Mexico wouldn't even talk to us." -U.S. Senator Joseph Biden Jr. (The Washington Times) |
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