We Will Hear More Soon About Violence Over Drugs

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The worsening drug war on the U.S.-Mexican border earned only a brief mention in President Barack Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, but we will be hearing more about it.

As the president noted, the Mexican government has dispatched its military to take over from police deeply corrupted by the drug cartels' payoffs and bribery, and the Obama administration has newly assigned hundreds more agents to the border and is sending additional technology.

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We Will Hear More Soon About Violence Over Drugs

In both countries, those are only stop-gaps. The drug trade is so extensive and profitable that it is unlikely to yield to even the sternest...

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