Moving Beyond Merida in U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation

Testimony by Shannon K. O'Neil

May 27, 2010

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Shannon K. O'Neil testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Foreign Affairs and  Committee on Homeland Security on the way forward for U.S.-Mexico security cooperation.

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