My American Journey: on Drugs


Assigned AWACS planes to fight drugs, despite opposition

On one occasion, I suggested that we remove our AWACS warning planes from Iceland and send them to look for drug-running aircraft in the Caribbean. The admiral in charge fought me tooth and nail. I pointed out that [there were no] Soviet bombers now approaching the US via Iceland. He was unpersuaded, so I just took the planes away without further argument and reassigned them to the drug beat.
Source: My American Journey, by Colin Powell, p. 536 Jan 1, 1995

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