Monday, March 22, 2010
Secretary Clinton to Lead Delegation to Mexico
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Mexico
City, Mexico for the Merida U.S.-Mexico High Level Consultative Group meeting on March 23, 2010. The Secretary will be joined
by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates; Secretary of Homeland Security Janet A. Napolitano; Director of National Intelligence
Dennis Blair; Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John O. Brennan; Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael G. Mullen; Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security John
Morton; Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler; Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Adam Szubin; Office
of National Drug Control Policy Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Supply Reduction Patrick Ward; and Drug Enforcement
Administration Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart.
This is the second formal meeting of the High Level
Consultative Group and has been in preparation for several months; the first was held in Washington in December 2008. Secretary
Clinton and Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa will chair an interagency discussion on the evolution of the Merida
Initiative that focuses on enhanced engagement in support of our shared goals of breaking the power of drug trafficking organizations;
strengthening the rule of law, democratic institutions and respect for human rights; creating a 21st century border; and building
strong and resilient communities.
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Statement by Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary
of State for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, March 17, 2010; America.gov, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.
