Pubdate: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 Source: Associated Press (Wire) Copyright: 2003 Associated Press Author: Associated Press Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?194 (Hutchinson, Asa) BROWN III APPOINTED TO ACTING DEA POST WASHINGTON -- Special Agent John Brown III has been appointed acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Brown, who most recently has been serving as DEA deputy administrator, takes over the reigns from Asa Hutchinson, who was appointed undersecretary of Transportation and Border Security at the Department of Homeland Security. Brown has more than 30 years of law enforcement experience. Brown began his law enforcement career in 1969 as an officer in the Brockport, New York Police Department. He started as a special agent with DEA's former agency, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1972. His career in law enforcement has taken him to many places, serving in various capacities; in 2000, Brown was selected to be the special agent in charge of the DEA Dallas field division and was responsible for overseeing DEA enforcement and intelligence operations in northern Texas and throughout Oklahoma. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager