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Walters
Drug
Czar
Nomination
Approved
in
Senate
Committee
Vote
11/9/01
President Bush's hard-line nominee to head
the Office of National Drug Control Policy won approval of his nomination
in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. John Walters, a protege
of former drug czar William Bennett, saw his nomination approved on a 14-5
vote. The nomination will now go to the full Senate, where it is expected
to pass.
The Walters nomination had been strongly
criticized by drug reformers and some senators because of Walters' positions
on, among other things, racial disparities in the criminal justice system
(what racial disparities?), government sponsorship of drug treatment (the
liberal nanny state), and mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders
(a good thing).
But now, having been approved in committee
and likely to win approval from the full Senate, Walters is on the verge
of completing the Bush administration's hard-line drug policy troika.
He will join Attorney General John Ashcroft and DEA administrator Asa Hutchinson,
both of whom have recently and decisively demonstrated their attitude toward
a civilized drug policy. Walters should fit in perfectly with this
bunch.
The five senators who voted against the
Walters nomination are Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joe Biden (D-DE), Dick Durbin
(D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Ted Kennedy (D-MA).
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Issue #210, 11/9/01
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