Carter Speaks at the Justice Department's Progress Fighting Fentanyl Press Conference
October 19, 2026 · Office of National Drug Control Policy · 0:05:26
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What happened
The Department of Justice held a roundtable on Progress Fighting Fentanyl on October 19, 2026, featuring Attorney General Todd Blanche, ONDCP Director Sara Carter, and DEA Administrator Terry Cole, according to the ONDCP. This page embeds the ONDCP’s official posting of Carter’s remarks at the event. The roundtable put the three officials who divide the fentanyl fight — prosecution, drug-control strategy, and drug enforcement — on one stage to report progress, in the format the administration has used throughout the autumn to mark the campaign’s milestones.
Why it matters
Carter’s coordinating role is the premise of her office: the ONDCP owns the strategy while the Justice Department and the DEA execute it. A joint progress briefing with the Attorney General and the DEA Administrator is that structure made visible — and the progress claims made at it are the ones the scoreboard checks.
Scoreboard watch
This is a candidate item for the weekly scoreboard: the Progress Fighting Fentanyl claims as stated at the October 19, 2026 Justice Department roundtable by Attorney General Blanche, Director Carter, and Administrator Cole, to be checked against the enforcement and overdose record.
Sources: Office of National Drug Control Policy, “Director Carter speaks at DOJ Press Conference: Progress Fighting Fentanyl” (official upload, embedded above). Participants and characterization as stated by the ONDCP.
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