Hoops Women's Col. A law that grades countries on their efforts to combat drug trafficking, long criticized by Mexico and other nations, would be altered substantially by a proposal passed unanimously Tuesday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The new plan would have them judged instead on adherence to international treaties or other commitments. R-N.C. By the same vote, the committee approved the nomination of William Howard Taft as the State Department's legal adviser. The existing certification program has been denounced in America by those who consider it counterproductive and by foreign countries embarrassed by their grades and annoyed at being judged by the world's biggest drug consuming-nation.
Certification is more than an affront to Mexico and to other countries.
President Bush has endorsed setting aside that process. Copyright 2001 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.