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希拉里表示，美国禁止毒品和阻止美国人吸毒的行动显然没有奏效，就贩毒团伙问题批评墨西哥是不公平的。我们对非法毒品无止境的贪欲助长了毒品贸易。我们无力阻止武器非法过境、流入这些犯罪分子手中，这导致了警官、士兵和平民丧生，"希拉里在赴墨西哥城的飞机上告诉记者。

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As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is beginning a two-day visit to Mexico where officials are welcoming a new Obama administration plan to combat drug trafficking across the border, she's been talking with leaders there. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Mexico City.

Mexico's Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa says the new program by the US to combat the Mexican drug cartels marks a new era of cooperation between the two countries. Obama administration officials have pledged to send more officers and technology to the border to impede the flow of drugs into the US and to search for weapons and money heading back into Mexico. The plan has been widely praised here by government officials who say the US appears to be acknowledging its role in the drug war that's dominating Mexico. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets later today with President Felipe Calderon. In addition to the drug war, there are host of other issues on their agenda including immigration, trade and the environment. Clinton will spend the night in the capital before heading Thursday to the northern city of Monterrey. Jason Beaubien, NPR News, Mexico City.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner traveled to New York today where he reiterated the fact the administration wants Congress to move quickly to give the government power to seize non-bank financial institutions. Treasury Secretary also said he expects the dollar to remain the world's main currency. "I think the dollar remains the world's dominant reserve currency. I think that's likely to continue for a long period of time. And as a country, we will do what's necessary to make sure we are sustaining confidence in our financial markets and in, and in the productive capacity of this economy and our long-term fundamentals." At one point Geithner sank the dollar down after he said he would be open to a proposal from China to increase the use of IMF's Special Drawing Rights. Some thought that is a move away from dollar dominance so he clarified his comments.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Senate Committee today the bureau's resources are under strain as it tries to combat terrorism as also scramble to keep up with thousands of investigations related to the financial crisis. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston has more.

The director said that mortgage fraud cases had more than doubled than in the past three years and the bureau was now running more than 500 corporate fraud investigations. His concern is that is just the beginning. He worries about the next shoe to drop, assurgent fraud cases related to the government's multi-trillion-dollar bailout program. "The unprecedented level of financial resources committed by the federal government to combat the economic downturn lead to an inevitable increase in economic crime and public corruption cases." During the savings and loan crisis, the FBI had more than a thousand agents working those cases. That's about twice the number they have on hand today to deal with the current financial crisis. Dina Temple-Raston NPR News.