Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, a CSIS senior associate, was quoted by Reuters, "Congress Trims Bush Anti-Drug Plan for Mexico."
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Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, a CSIS senior associate, was quoted by Reuters, "Congress Trims Bush Anti-Drug Plan for Mexico."
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels.
The so-called Merida initiative — which Bush proposed last October as a three-year $1.4 billion package providing aircraft, equipment and training — initially was to offer Mexico $500 million in this fiscal year that ends September 30.
"Though the amount is reduced, the vote conveys to the Calderon government and the Mexican people that both the U.S. administration and Congress are interested in supporting institutions and strengthening law enforcement," said Armand Peschard-Sverdrup of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
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