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What people are saying across the USA:

ON DRUG-WAR CERTIFICATION

Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, in The Washington Post: ''The Mexican government
bristles at the annual certification process, viewing it as an affront and
an infringement on their sovereignty. Mexico's U.S. ambassador, Jesus
Reyes-Heroles, refers to the certification process as 'the most stressful
period each year in the relationship between the two nations. This stress
does not, in our view, enhance the cooperation essential to defeat this
mutual scourge.'

. . . The United States policy of judging the drug-fighting efforts of
other countries is counterproductive and must be changed if we are to have
any real impact on international drug trafficking. We must develop a
process in which we engage our partners through cooperation rather than
confrontation.''