 G21 SOUTH AMERICA THOMAS HARGROVE Testifies before U.S. House of Representatives - [For the non-frames version of Mr. Hargrove's testimony, click here.--- Ed.]A follow-up to our 3-Part Series on Narco-terrorism and Kidnapping!
 FLISS USSHER's G21 EUROPE column LONDON CALLING! returns to the UK this week to kick off our special All Fools Issue.
 STONEWALL VIEWS' PHIL MARTIN announces "CURE FOUND FOR HETEROSEXUALITY!"
 TRIO THOMAS HART returns to tell "WHY I'M SO IMPORTANT"
 POWERSBOOKS looks at a book which claims to prove Stephen Foster is the Father of Pop Music!
TRIO ROBIN MILLER makes the "CONFESSIONS OF A RESTAURANT BIGOT"
 CULTURE CAST provides the formulae for true "Happiness"..
More meta-criticism of pomo American life. ANOTHER Great Joke of the Day in THE HOUSE OF CARDS!  JENNIFER BLUE's PLANETARY MADNESS looks at YOUR influences!
VOX POPULI is updated, with your letters of the last week!  G21 ASIA new contributor RAOUL TESLA reports from Manila, Philippine Islands.
 BARE KNUCKLES: JEFF WINBUSH won't be seeing "Titanic." Read why here.
TRIO: San Francisco's RON MORGAN on "Kurt & Courtney."
POWERSBOOKS talks with "Notorious Victoria" author Mary Gabriel! Another G21 Exclusive Interview!
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With this issue, we bring you the third report of our coverage of narco terrorism abroad, the complete transcript of Tom Hargrove's testimony before the U.S. House of Representative's International Relations Committee. G21 SOUTH A MERICA is able to break this exclusive because of our nearly two-year commitment to this story and this issue. We're extremely proud.
As Mr. Hargrove notes in his testimony, with the exception of ourselves and the New York Times, very little has been produced on this important international issue.
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NOW THE BAD NEWS: I've told you before that things behind the scenes at this organization, as with many other publications, can be turbulent.
While I've been focusing on kicking off year Three, design issues, and trying to bring you the best of the new writers in our arena, trouble has been brewing here inside. Those of you who read what RAHEEM had to say about my leadership of the venture a f ew weeks back might have seen this coming. He was disgruntled about my continued efforts to bring in new voices(new writers,) and my general editorial direction of the magazine.
It now appears that he was not alone.
Even while I focused on bringing you the Hargrove piece, new humor, and worked to make this a very special issue, spot polls and raging e-mails were being exchanged among the writing staff here. The result of all of this was a Palace Coup, whereby I have been asked to step down from the Editor-in Chief position, effective with this issue.
It seems that Raheem will be taking my place at the helm of the G21, and that the focus and content of the magazine will undergo a radical shift with the next edition, premiering on Sunday.
I've felt that I've done a soldierly job in this role, and was sorry to learn that the staff did not agree.
The details of the changes I've mentioned will appear in Raheem's TRIO column on Wednesday.
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