Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa Hold a Joint News Conference Following the Inaugural Meeting of the Merida Initiative High-Level Consultative Group

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa Hold a Joint News Conference Following the Inaugural Meeting of the Merida Initiative High-Level Consultative Group

SECRETARY RICE AND MEXICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS SECRETARY ESPINOSA HOLD A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE MERIDA INITIATIVE HIGH-LEVEL CONSULTATIVE GROUP

DECEMBER 19, 2008

SPEAKERS: SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE

MEXICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS SECRETARY PATRICIA ESPINOSA

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SEAN MCCORMACK

[*] RICE: Hello. Good morning.

Today, Secretary Gates, Attorney General Mukasey, Deputy Secretary Schneider, Director Walters, and I gathered together with many senior United States government officials, and we met with our Mexican counterparts to review the common threat that we face from drug trafficking and transnational crime....

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