Bush backs ally Colombia
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President George W. Bush gave a vote of confidence to Colombia on Sunday, promising to secure more aid and a trade deal for his close ally President Alvaro Uribe as he fights a rebel insurgency and drug traffickers.
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Bush's visit to Colombia put a spotlight on a country where, despite government scandals and human-rights questions, progress has been made against domestic terrorism
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By FRANK BAJAK  BOGOTA, Colombia - A political ally of President Alvaro Uribe is under investigation for allegedly doing business with illegal right-wing militias as head of a company that sells fruit for shipment to the United States and Europe.
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President Bush said Tuesday the U.S. government will continue to assist Colombia in interdicting aircraft suspected of drug trafficking.
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Spain's king brought President Bush a message of goodwill Wednesday from Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose vocal opposition to the Iraq war has chilled U.S.-Spanish relations.
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CARTAGENA, Colombia  - President Bush pledged new  aid on Monday for Colombia in a show of solidarity for a key  ally, President Alvaro Uribe, in his campaign against Marxist  guerrillas and drug trafficking.
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George W. Bush on Sunday will become the first U.S. president since Ronald Reagan to set foot in Bogota as he tries to bolster his staunchest Latin American ally fighting a decades-old insurgency and drug war.
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President George W. Bush's made a quick visit to Colombia on Sunday to show support for his closest South American ally as it fights a decades-old insurgency and drugs war with the help of billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
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US President George W. Bush has vowed to seek more funding for a sweeping plan to battle cocaine production and defeat heavily armed rebels in Colombia.
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A top official in Colombia says the country&#39;s largest Marxist rebel group targeted President Bush for assassination when he visited Cartagena this past week.
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Under a security web of warplanes, ships and 15,000 troops, President Bush praised Colombia's battle against drugs and Marxist guerrillas Monday and pledged to keep U.S. aid flowing so "this courageous nation can win its war against narcoterrorists."
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BOGOTA, Colombia, March 11 -- As Air Force One swooped over the Andes Mountains toward this city for the first time in a quarter-century, President Bush and his aides sat in the front compartments with an optimistic message about improved security after decades of civil war and drug trafficking.
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President Bush, trying to mend relations with Latin America, pledged Sunday to make a fresh push for stalled immigration reforms and defended the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying that "history will prove it right."
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 16 -- U.S. support for Colombia has been a foregone conclusion under the administration of President ÃÂlvaro Uribe, who was elected in 2002. But with a widening scandal tying the president's close supporters to paramilitary groups, policymakers on Capitol Hill say skepticism of...
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President George Bush defended Pakistanâs co-operation in the hunt for Osama bin Laden despite the inability of US and Pakistani troops to find the al-Qaida leader who, Bush once declared, was wanted dead or alive.
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MANILA  - US President George W. Bush called his Philippines counterpart Gloria Arroyo and said their countries should keep strong ties, a spokesman said after a spat over Arroyo&#39;s handling of an Iraq kidnapping.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Former President George H.W. Bush endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain today, saying he is best prepared to succeed his son and has the ``right values and experience to guide our nation forward.''