One defendant is Fabio Ochoa of the once terrifying Medell n cartel, which set off bombs to intimidate Colombia into halting extraditions to the United States. Extradition is legal again, but no one has had to face American justice. Colombia says the new suspects must be turned over to U.S. courts. Some Republicans will blame Democrats in election battles for allowing Colombia's cocaine crop to double since 1995. Some analysts argue that 5,000-soldier divisions are too cumbersome to move rapidly.
Critics favor smaller units that can form task forces as needed.
The Army will experiment with restructuring two brigades at Fort Lewis in Washington State. Alan Greenspan spooks the market Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's questioning whether investors have pushed prices to exceedingly risky levels is an unwelcome surprise in October, one of history's worst months for stocks. The 1.1 percent surge in September wholesale prices, which seemed to ensure that the Fed will hike interest rates to combat renewed inflation, didn't help. Some long-suffering bears believe more than just a sharp correction may be at hand. More Big Board stocks have hit new lows than new highs in 61 of the past 63 trading sessions.