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To: Holicheese

This is what the Colombian government claims was in the computer, they’re going to submit this to other groups for verification.

This doesn’t mean Obama has done anything wrong, just that FARC expects to be able to open up talks with the US if he wins. It also means that they see him as not voting for Plan Colombia (which is what is decimating them) and the trade agreement.

Fair questions by the press are what his positions are on Plan Colombia and the free trade agreement with Colombia.


50 posted on 03/04/2008 11:38:02 AM PST by ElCapitanAmericaLives
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To: ElCapitanAmericaLives

The United States has invested a great deal—nearly $5 billion during the past 7 years—to help stabilize Colombia. A more peaceful, just, and stable Colombia is undoubtedly in our national interest. It is imperative, however, that greater peace and stability contribute to a reduction in the flow of drugs from Colombia to the United States. Thus far, we have not seen the kind of drop off that the effective pursuit of our interests demands.

President Bush’s closest ally in the region—Colombian President Alvaro Uribe—is embroiled in a controversy that has led to the arrest of eight of his supporters in the Colombian Congress and his former confidant and former chief of Colombia’s secret police for ties to the country’s narco-terrorist paramilitaries. President Bush must be careful to keep the pursuit of U.S. interests in Colombia distinct from specific personalities, or personal relationships. The further consolidation of legitimate governing institutions in Colombia – and the extension of their reach throughout Colombia – are clearly in the national interest of the United States, and the interest of Colombia.

http://obama.senate.gov/speech/070308-statement_of_se_7/


97 posted on 03/04/2008 2:45:07 PM PST by TexKat ((Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.))
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