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Border agents brace for harder fight against smugglers
Associated Press reports on escalating dangers along the Rio Grande as drug smugglers cross more brazenly. A Border Patrol agent Jefferson Barr was killed January twelve miles away, while Barry McCaffrey pushes a long term national strategy with increased border technology, manpower, and a 9.3 percent budget rise for anti-drug efforts including 1,500 more agents for the Southwest border.
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Office of National Drug Control Policy