Resources - Policy Statements

This section presents links to what people are saying about U.S. security policy around the world. Select one of the four types of policy statements from the menu at the right to filter the results below. 

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
U.S. government officials and their families in Colombia must file a request to travel to any area in Colombia outside of two general areas.English
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Colombia
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
As the line forms and grows longer, there is something noticeably different with many of the personnel; they are young, and they have never been out of the country before.English
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Panama
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Department of Justice has informed my office that with increasing frequency, it sees drug traffickers from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru who produce cocaine in their countries but leave transit of cocaine to the United States in the hands of Mexican druEnglish
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Colombia
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Schools and health centers in Escobal and Achoite are the sites for the construction projects here. BTH-Panama runs from March through JuneEnglish
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Panama
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
We are continually exposing ourselves not just to dope and drugs being run into this country but into a potential of a terrorist attack on the United States and a weapon that was run through the border of Mexico. English
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Mexico
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Si nos reconciliamos tendremos una nueva Patria. Llena de progreso, llena de oportunidades y vuelvo a la reflexion: imaginense este pais en pazSpanish
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Colombia
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Gen. Tito Saul Pinilla Pinilla, the commander of the Colombian air force, toured McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover April 8, as part of a weeklong visit to the United StatesEnglish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
This was law enforcement cooperation, and we're pleased that it was so extensive, and we were able to resolve this quickly.English
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Cuba
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The meeting today was hosted by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and was attended by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL).English
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Cuba
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
And the Drug Enforcement Agency does tell us that between 80 and 90 percent of the illegal drugs consumed in America come from or through Mexico.English
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Mexico
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Chepe Handal is the head of a Honduran-based drug trafficking organization ("DTO") responsible for the coordination and distribution of multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombian sources of supply into Honduras.English
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Honduras
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Reflexiones preocupantes y bien argumentadas sobre el proyecto de ley estatutaria que modifica el regimen aplicable al juzgamiento de los militares y los policias. Un franco retroceso.Spanish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The vague terms in this law would threaten free speech and impose a chilling effect on legitimate expression, such as criticizing a judicial ruling about terrorist acts or publishing an interview with a person convicted of terrorismEnglish
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Peru
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Acting president and presidential candidate and other top government officials have put forward a steady flow of conspiracy theories unmatched by any period in the Chavez era, eight by our countEnglish
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Venezuela
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Dejemos entonces a las delegaciones trabajar en La Habana sin tanta especulacion. Si se mantiene el ritmo de las ultimas semanas, es perfectamente posible concluir el trabajo en mesesSpanish
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Colombia
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Se reunira con distintos funcionarios del gobierno de Estados Unidos, entre ellos, la Secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de ese pais, Janet NapolitanoSpanish
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Mexico
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
I'm not aware of prior engagement other than to say that our U.S. Interests Section is engaging, and we work closely with both legal guardians and foreign governments. And in this case Cuba is the government, so we’re working with them.English
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Cuba
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
I urge all Senators to join with us and close this dangerous loophole in the law that Mexican drug cartels, gangs, and other criminals throughout our country have exploited for too long. English
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Mexico
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Monday, April 8, 2013
"Exercises like these not only give us hands-on training, but they highlight weak spots and help us maintain proficiency in our strengths," said Staff Sgt. Derek Downey, medical plans non-commissioned officer in charge, JTF-Jaguar. English
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El Salvador
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Monday, April 8, 2013
But the bottom line is it's Treasury that implements some of those specific travel regulations, and so I really refer you to them on this travel of private U.S. citizens.English
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Cuba
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