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The State Department's April 2002 FY2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations reported that the transfer of grant Excess Defense Articles to Peru "serves a key U.S. national interest in assisting the GOP [Government of Peru] in combating illegal narcotics production and trafficking by providing needed equipment to the Peruvian security forces, which are an integral part of the counterdrug effort." [1] Subsequent requests have included similar language. 2002 | 2001 |2000 | 1999 | 1996 2002:5
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Sources: 1 United States, Department of State, FY 2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington, DC: Department of State, April 15, 2002) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2003/>. 2 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>. 3 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>. 4 United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997). United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>. 5 United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 2001,2002 (Washington: November 2003). United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>. |
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