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Photos from left to right: Men work in poppy field . Poppies contain opium, the key ingredient in heroin [© AP Image]; Lebanese Internal Security Forces cadets show off INL-provided civil disorder management equipment [U.S. Embassy Beirut Image]; President Obama greets a Mexican training program participant accompanied by Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada (middle, behind) and President Felipe Calderon of Mexico (right, behind) [© AP Image]

 
Date: 01/10/2011 Description: Ambassador William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs - State Dept ImageThe Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), headed by Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, advises the President, Secretary of State, other bureaus in the Department of State, and other departments and agencies within the U.S. Government on the development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime. INL programs support two of the Department's strategic goals: (1) to reduce the entry of illegal drugs into the United States; and (2) to minimize the impact of international crime on the United States and its citizens. Counternarcotics and anticrime programs also complement counterterrorism efforts, both directly and indirectly, by promoting modernization of and supporting operations by foreign criminal justice systems and law enforcement agencies charged with the counter-terrorism mission.


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