First Female Head of DEA Sworn In
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From Times Wire Reports
Karen P. Tandy was sworn in as the first woman to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, which is expected to shoulder more of the anti-drug workload with the FBI’s renewed focus on terrorism.
Tandy, a former prosecutor and Justice Department official, said her main goal is for the DEA to work on dismantling drug organizations completely.
The DEA’s roughly 4,600 agents are expected to grow in the coming years as the FBI handles fewer and fewer drug cases.
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