Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Senate OKs General to Lead Drug War
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Senate, by voice vote, approved Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, 53, to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He has been commander in chief of the U.S. Southern Command in Panama for the past two years. At McCaffrey’s confirmation hearing, Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, criticized President Clinton’s antidrug policies while lauding the general.
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