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.
Monday, March 18, 2013
The amnesty thwarted further action on the specific cases, the process of institutional reform has been partial and uneven, and the danger of organized crime and its penetration of the state is perhaps higher today that it was in 1993.English
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El Salvador
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Monday, March 18, 2013
One of the main unknowns of the transition period is what role the Venezuelan military will playEnglish
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Venezuela
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Mexican drug cartels, like the Sinaloa cartel, should be labeled a foreign terrorist organization. Then we can better deal with international terrorist threats to America like Public Enemy No. 1, El Chapo.English
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Mexico
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Friday, March 15, 2013
The U.S.-Peru Political-Military Dialogue focuses on a wide range of security and defense issues, including shared strategic challenges in the region and continuing efforts to enhance partnerships in security cooperation.English
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Peru
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Friday, March 15, 2013
For over 10 years, Yoani Sanchez has documented the realities of life in Cuba through her blog, Generation Y, and drawn worldwide attention to Cuba's civil society.English
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Cuba
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Friday, March 15, 2013
She has become a prominent voice through social media for millions of Cubans who reject the oppression of the Castro regime, having said, "We Cubans don't deserve what we are living through."English
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Cuba
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
La percepcion de pobreza a traves de la pregunta si se considera pobre, corresponde a 42,4% de los hogares del pais en 2012, los cuales se consideraron pobres, lo cual represento una disminucion de 0,8 puntos porcentualesSpanish
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Colombia
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Creo que si se mantiene el ritmo de las ultimas semanas, y eso me dicen los negociadores, es perfectamente posible concluir el trabajo en mesesSpanish
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Colombia
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
The training included law enforcement techniques focused on observation and assessment, handcuffing, vehicle and personnel searches, building searches, rapid response and tactical movements.English
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Belize
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
In October, 2011, a joint operation among the DEA, the GCPD and the GCSO was launched, targeting an organization trafficking cocaine and marijuana from Tijuana, Mexico, through southern California to Greenville, South Carolina.English
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Mexico
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Each year, $80 billion in trade flows through El Paso's ports of entry. Residents of our sister city, Ciudad Juarez, annually contribute $2 billion to El Paso's economy.English
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Mexico
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
The starting point has to be the realization that Capriles is the underdog in this election not because the playing field is unfair but because Chavismo is more popular among Venezuelans than the opposition.English
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Venezuela
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Laboratory directors from the Ministry of Health and the State Veterinary Service of Azerbaijan came from regions in Azerbaijan, near and far, to meet with U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) officials and partners in Baku to discuss a variety of issues in Baku March 12-13.English
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Azerbaijan
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
This bill that I authored grew out of a hearing we were having on violence on the border of Mexico. The agents testified that guns were being shipped into Mexico that were then used to kill our border.English
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Mexico
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
El principal objetivo de los paramilitares -en el pasado- y de las bandas criminales -en el presente-, ha sido proteger cultivos y controlar rutas y puertos para exportar droga. La lucha contrainsurgente es la gran fachada.Spanish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Economic stagnation, high rates of violent crime and impunity, ruling party efforts to manipulate democratic institutions to consolidate power, and slow recovery from natural disasters are challenging these strides.English
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The MEDRETE offered medical assistance in general medicine and dentistry while providing the Panama Ministry of Health the opportunity to dispense vaccinationsEnglish
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Panama
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
A Miami-based U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment and the crew of USS Gary (FFG-51) stopped a go-fast carrying more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine approximately 300 miles off the Pacific coast of ColombiaEnglish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Peace and stability in the Caucuses is in the national interest of the United States and our European allies. That means achieving a peaceful resolution to the rising tensions between the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan. English
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Armenia
Azerbaijan
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Over the last several decades, so many countries – like Turkey and India – have built dynamic growth, opportunity, and hope for their peoples. And in the 21st century, with the support and engagement of partners like the Turkic American Alliance, this region can become a part of that global success story. English
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Uzbekistan
Turkey
Afghanistan
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