Afghan drug post created

United Press International by Shaun Waterman | Mar. 28, 2007 (News Report)

The Bush administration has created a post to coordinate efforts against drug smuggling and corruption in Afghanistan, and named a State Department official to the job.
The White House named Thomas Schweich to be coordinator for counternarcotics and justice reform in Afghanistan.
The announcement noted that Mr. Schweich, who currently oversees part of that portfolio as the principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of International ... Full Story »

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by Yul Baritugo - Oct. 1, 2008

Another rush job for deadline time, but the reporter was honest enough to admit the State Dept. did not return calls or emails. The shift in story sourcing from White House to a Congress letter appears to be an effort to put muscle to an otherwise lean story (information wise)...What would a non-confirmable US Afghan narco and corruption czar be doing? Spying on local warlords? Conducting another Iran-Contra deal -- that is selling Afghan opium to finance a war on Iraq..there is a lot of possibilities here. But as usual deadline is the enemy