The US/Mexico border. Photo: AFPFrom Washington Post:
$350 Million Effort Aimed at Drug War
The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 million initiative that would expand the U.S. military's role in the drug war, according to Obama administration officials.
The circumstances under which the troops could be deployed have not been determined, the officials said. They said the proposal was designed to give President Obama additional flexibility to respond to drug-related violence that has threatened to spill into the United States from Mexico and to curb southbound smuggling of cash and weapons.
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My Comment: This may appear to be a lot of money .... but it is not. But at least they are now looking at the problem.
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