SOURCES - ARKANSAS CONGRESSMAN TO HEAD DEA

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Administration sources tell CNN that Rep. Asa
Hutchinson, an Arkansas Republican, will be named head of the Drug
Enforcement Administration.

The third-term congressman currently serves on the House Judiciary
Committee. He has long been considered a friend of the DEA because he
supports legislation calling for stricter anti-drug enforcement.

Hutchinson's office had no comment.

Hutchinson, 50, is the brother of Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, and was
a U.S. attorney in northwest Arkansas from 1982 until 1985. He is in his
third term in the House.

A former chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Hutchinson was one of
several House Judiciary members who came into the public spotlight during
President Clinton's impeachment in 1998 and 1999. He played an active role
in the impeachment process, serving as one of the House "managers" of the
Senate impeachment trial of the president.

In the impeachment trial, Hutchinson claimed Clinton "used whatever means
available to evade the truth, destroy evidence, tamper with witnesses, and
any other actions required to prevent evidence coming forth in the civil
rights case that would prove a truth contrary to the president's interest."
The civil rights case referred to sexual harassment claims raised by Paula
Jones against the then-president.

A graduate of Bob Jones University in South Carolina -- the fundamentalist
college where President Bush made a controversial appearance early in the
2000 presidential campaign -- Hutchinson also has gathered attention for
his support of a major overhaul of the nation's campaign finance system.

Administration officials said the formal announcement will come later this
week.