Then posted to the Pentagon, he worked for Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell. In 1994, President Clinton appointed McCaffrey head of the U.S. Southern Command, all of Latin America South of Mexico. Earlier this year, the President nominated him to lead the war against drugs. Thank you for being with us. It's good to be here.
Wars are rather straightforward affairs.
You have a general, a campaign. You achieve total victory. And I think what we're looking at is something far more complex. I have found it useful to think of it is a cancer, the kind of holistic approach where you've got to deal with not only the root cause but also the pain it causes. And you've got to involve everyone in the treatment, and fundamentally, you have to have a sense of optimism, or you can't deal with the situation.