Highway Haiti

1111--12/16/03   Reconstruction of the Kabul-Kandahar Highway ... [Read More]

U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File

(Travel of economic team, Visit of Tunisian President, Israel, polls, campaign, homosexual marriage, economy, WMD, president's mood, NASCAR, highway bill) (6220) ... [Read More]

U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File

205 Transcript: Bush Hails Completion of Afghan Highway ... [Read More]

Documentation of U.S. Citizens Born Abroad

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U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File

417 Text: U.S. Offers To Rebuild Indonesian Highway Damaged by Tsunami ... [Read More]

G) The Caribbean

Air drops also resumed. At least five planes were confirmed, including some near Port-au-Prince. Haiti’s deteriorated highway system and mountainous terrain provided nearly inaccessible, undetectable drop and landing sites. While USG detection and monitoring efforts were able to track suspicious aircraft bound for Haiti, GOH law enforcement teams were usually unable to respond. ... [Read More]

United States Participation in International Police (CIVPOL) Missions

The five-year reign of the Taliban, which ended with U.S. and coalition military actions initiated in late 2001, left much of Afghanistan’s infrastructure in need of substantial repair, renovation, and reconstruction. The U.S. supports the German-led international effort to reform, equip, and train the Afghanistan National Police (50,000), Border Patrol (12,000), and Highway Patrol (2,600). As of March 2005, the U.S. has trained over 39,000 police. The Afghanistan police program also provides personal equipment, police station renovations, communications equipment, support for Ministry of Interior reform programs, and contributions to the United Nations Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOFTA). We currently have 80 police trainers in mission, with an additional 30 advisors assigned to the Ministry of Interior. The U.S. is also supporting the Italian-led effort to ensure that the judicial system is developing along with police capacities. The program trains judg ... [Read More]

The Majors List Determination

Central America.  Central America's position as a land bridge between South America and Mexico, together with its thousands of miles of coastline, several container-handling ports, the Pan-American Highway, and limited law enforcement capability, makes the entire region a natural conduit and transshipment area for illicit drugs bound for Mexico and the United States.  Currently, only Guatemala and Panama have been designated major drug-transit countries, since there is clear evidence that drug trafficking organizations use their territory to move significant quantities of illegal drugs to the United States.  The same is not yet true of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, or Nicaragua. ... [Read More]

USIA: Economic Perspectives, June 1996 - Gomez, Berta

Food aid is "a two-way highway on which we help others as wellas ourselves," Republican Congressman Bill Emerson, anAgriculturesubcommittee chairman, said during farm bill hearings lastsummer. ... [Read More]

Daily Press Briefing for Dec. 16 - Transcript

Because of the road's importance, President Bush made a commitment to President Karzai and the people of Afghanistan that the highway would be completed by the end of this year. The President's goal has been met. ...

MR. BOUCHER: Today, about 30 miles south of Kabul, U.S. Ambassador Khalilzad, USAID Administrator Natsios, Japanese Ambassador Komano and represents of many other countries joined President Hamid Karzai in formally opening the 242 mile highway between Kabul and Kandahar. The opening of this vital link between the biggest cities of Afghanistan is a keystone event in the rebuilding of this country. ... [Read More]