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Releases, Remarks, Fact Sheets

2008
--04/10/08  Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--04/07/08  Submission to Congress of the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--04/07/08  The Colombia Trade Stakes; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Op-Ed; The Wall Street Journal
--03/14/08  Remarks With Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Santiago, Chile
--03/12/08  Remarks with Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos Before Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--02/13/08  Colombia: U.S. Citizens Pass Five Years as Hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
--01/30/08  Roundtable With Journalists; Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--01/24/08  Remarks at Private Sector and Opinion Leaders Reception; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Medellin, Colombia
--01/24/08  Remarks En route Medellin, Colombia; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En route Medellin, Colombia
--01/22/08  Secretary Rice to Travel to Colombia

2007
--10/22/07  Promoting Peace and Prosperity in Colombia; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks to the Council of the Americas; New York City
--10/19/07  Colombia: Condemnation of Murder of Six Miners in Colombia
--10/09/07  Remarks at the Organization of American States, Hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--08/23/07  The United States and Colombia: Building Peace and Prosperity in our Hemisphere; Reuben Jeffrey III, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; Hotel Tequendama ; Bogota, Colombia
--08/21/07  Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III Traveling to Brazil and Colombia
--08/14/07  United States Condemns Terrorist Use of Landmines in Colombia
--07/02/07  Extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act
--05/09/07  Interview With Caracol TV; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Bogotá, Colombia
--05/08/07  Interview With Adriana Vargas of RCN TV; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Bogotá, Colombia
--05/08/07  Interview With Carlos Fernando Galan of El Tiempo; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Bogotá, Colombia
--04/24/07  Counternarcotics Strategy in Colombia; Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary for Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--04/24/07  U.S. - Colombia Relations; Charles S. Shapiro, Acting Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--04/10/07  Colombia: Determination and Certification of Colombian Government and Armed Forces with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions
--03/11/07  Press Gaggle by Special Assistant Fisk and Assistant Secretary Shannon; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs ; United States Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia; And aboard Air Force One, En route Guatemala City, Guatemala
--03/11/07  President Bush Participates in Roundtable on Afro-Colombian Outreach; President George W. Bush; Casa de Nariño; Bogotá, Colombia
--03/11/07  President Bush and President Uribe of Colombia Participate in a Joint Press Availability ; President George W. Bush; Casa de Nariño; Bogotá, Colombia
--03/11/07  President Bush and President Uribe of Columbia Exchange Toasts; President George W. Bush; Casa de Nariño; Bogotá, Colombia
--02/07/07  Colombia: U.S. Support for Colombia’s “Strategy for Strengthening Democracy and Social Development”; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC

2006
Aerial Eradication of Illicit Coca in Colombia
--11/27/06  Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to award $500,000 grant to the United for Colombia Foundation
--11/20/06  Future Engagement and Partnership With Latin America; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; As Prepared for Delivery at the Council of the Americas; Washington, DC
--11/06/06  Remarks at the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC View Video
--10/25/06  Press Conference at Casa de Nariño; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Bogota, Colombia
--10/24/06  Press Availability in Colombia; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; U.S. Embassy; Bogota, Colombia
--05/30/06  Colombia: Determination and Certification of Colombian Government and Armed Forces with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions
--05/29/06  Re-election of President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC

2005
Aerial Eradication of Illicit Coca in Colombia
--12/14/05  Colombia: President Uribe's Efforts to Negotiate a Hostage Release with the FARC (Taken Question)
--08/04/05  President, President Uribe of Colombia Discuss Terrorism and Security; President Bush; Bush Ranch; Crawford, Texas
--08/03/05  Colombia: Determination and Certification of Colombian Government and Armed Forces with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions
--08/03/05  Remarks on the Future of U.S. Policy in Colombia For the Inter-American Dialogue; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks as Prepared; Washington, DC
--07/27/05  Remarks to the Press at U.S. Embassy Bogota; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Bogota, Colombia
--05/11/05  Plan Colombia: Major Successes and New Challenges; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement Before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--04/27/05  Interview With Luis Carlos Velez of Casa Editorial El Tiempo; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; U.S. Embassy; Bogota, Colombia
--04/27/05  Interview with Rosalind Jordan of NBC News; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Embassy Bogota; Bogota, Colombia
--04/27/05  Remarks with Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Casa de Narino; Bogota, Colombia
--04/08/05  Secretary's Travel to Latin America
--03/03/05  Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela Case and Proposal from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Taken Question)
--02/11/05  New CultureConnect Ambassador Bernie Williams Visits Venezuela and Colombia
--02/11/05  U.S. Government Civilian Contractors Kidnapped and Held for Two Years By Colombian Terrorists

2004
Aerial Eradication of Illicit Coca in Colombia
--10/27/04  Colombia's Progress in Fighting Narcoterrorism; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Letter to the Chicago Tribune; Washington, DC
--10/08/04  Castro, Colombia and Venezuela (Taken Question)
--09/24/04  Colombia: Determination and Certification of Colombian Government and Armed Forces With Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions
--06/17/04  U.S. Policy and Colombia; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Government Reform; Washington, DC
--06/17/04  U.S. Policy and Programs in Colombia; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau Of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform ; Washington, DC
--04/23/04  Debt-for-Nature Agreement for the Republic of Colombia
--03/25/04  Press Release from the Organization of American States
--03/23/04  Remarks With Colombian President Alvaro Uribe; Secretary Colin L. Powell; C Street Entrance; Washington, DC
--03/23/04  Press Release from the Office of the United States Trade Representative
--02/13/04  Colombia: One Year in Captivity for Americans
--02/13/04  Peru, Brazil and Colombia Riverine Trafficking Accord
--01/16/04  Refugee Admissions Program for Latin America and the Caribbean

2003
Aerial Eradication of Illicit Coca in Colombia
U.S. Policy Towards Colombia
--09/30/03  Remarks After Meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--07/08/03  Colombia: Determination and Certification of Colombian Government and Armed Forces with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions
--06/03/03  Dialogue on Democracy
--02/24/03  Notification to Congress of Increase Military Personnel to Colombia (Taken Question)
--01/14/03  Colombia: Amount of Aid Given by the United States to the Combat Air Command Unit One (Taken Question)

2002
Aerial Eradication of Illicit Coca in Colombia
--12/04/02  Press Conference from Bogota; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Bogota, Colombia
--12/04/02  Remarks at Wreath-laying Ceremony ; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Colombian National Police Anti-Narcotics Facility; Bogota, Colombia
--12/03/02  Interview on RCN TV with Sandra Vergara (Colombian TV); Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--12/03/02  Press Briefing on Board Plane; Secretary Colin L. Powell; En Route Bogota
--12/02/02  Interview by Sergio Gomez Maseri of El Tiempo (Colombian Newspaper); Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--11/13/02  Attorney General Ashcroft Announces Indictments of FARC Members; Washington, DC
--10/10/02  Drug Corruption and Other Threats to Democratic Stability; Paul E. Simons, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the International Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere House of Representatives; Washington, DC
--09/24/02  United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) Indictment; John Ashcroft, Attorney General; Remarks at AUC Indictment Press Conference; Washington, DC
--04/18/02  President Bush, President Pastrana Discuss Trade, Terrorism; George W. Bush, President; Remarks with President of Colombia at the White House; Washington, DC
--04/11/02  U.S. Assistance to Colombia and the Andean Region; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary or Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--03/07/02  Coca Cultivation in Colombia, 2001; Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Washington, DC

2001
--09/10/01  Designation of the AUC As a Foreign Terrorist Organization; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--09/07/01  Scene-Setter for Secretary Powell's Trip to Colombia; William R. Brownfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to the Press; Washington, DC
--08/31/01  U.S. Support for Plan Colombia; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks to the Press; Bogota, Colombia

  
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