Customs: First. more than doubled its resources devoted to drug interdiction. Second. installed a tollfree hotline for citizens to report drug smugglers. Third. bolstered Customs Border Patrol force. which now includes 100 aircraft. 250 vessels. and increased personnel on our southern border. and Fourth. took significant action to keep illegal textile imports out of the United States. I particularly want to commend Commissioner von Raab for standing up to the State Department when the State Department tried to convince the Senate that certain drugproducing countries. such as Mexico and Panama. were fully cooperating in controlling the production and distribution of drugs. It was Commissioner von Raab who candidly and publicly linked Manuel Noriega and Fidel Castro to drug running activities.
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