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"There is no other country in the world that I go to where I take five or six cabinet officers with me," observed outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell as he opened the 21st U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission (BNC) in Mexico City on November 9.
Among those joining Secretary Powell were Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, outgoing Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, and EPA administrator Michael Leavitt. The BNC exists to coordinate and harmonize policies between the U.S. executive branch and its Mexican equivalent.
"The last decade of Mexican-U.S. relations has been momentous, marked by visionary initiatives such as the North American Free Trade Agreement," stated Powell. "Together, we can work ... to make North America more globally competitive." From a globalist perspective, that means treating the two nations as part of the same economic unit. That perspective explains why the Bush administration has worked to subsidize the growth of Mexico's industrial base.
"Last year, the Overseas Private ...
Source: HighBeam Research, U.S.-Mexico merger accelerates.(Insider Report)