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The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico has resigned after a public dispute with President Felipe Calderon over the handling of the war against Mexico’s powerful drug gangs. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that she and President Barack Obama had accepted Ambassador Carlos Pascual’s resignation “with great reluctance.”
The announcement came as [...]
U.S. prosecutors rattle, but don’t break, Mexican cartels: “More Mexican drug lords are getting stiff prison terms, but they’re quickly replaced. Using drug and racketeering statutes and extradition agreements, federal prosecutors are sending a steady parade of Mexican drug lords into U.S. prisons. Although that is having a chilling effect on the smuggling cartels, [...]
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Greg McNeal is a professor and national security specialist focusing on the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with substantive expertise in national security law and policy, transnational crime, global policy studies, and international affairs.
He teaches at Pepperdine University's School of Law and School of Public Policy.Recent Posts
- America’s Reach: The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing
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