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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has unveiled a broad new strategy to fight violent Mexican drug cartels on the border. It only lacks the presidential choices to run the top U.S. agencies battling drugs, border smuggling and illegal guns.The White House has yet to nominate anyone to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, or the Customs and Border Protection agency, or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Those positions remain empty — their duties performed by career officials acting in a temporary capacity — even as the White House pledges an all-out attack on the drug cartels that threaten to destabilize Mexico and expand operations in the United States.