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Directing the drug war
BOGOTA, Colombia — An effort by some U.S. congressmen to promote their favorite as Colombian President-elect Alvaro Uribe's national security chief is angering some of Mr. Uribe's closest supporters....One of the expected first tasks of Mr. Uribe, who is to be sworn in tomorrow, is to name a national security adviser who will oversee the nation's U.S.-funded war against drugs, as well as the war against Marxist guerrillas and outlawed rightist "paramilitaries." The guerrillas and some paramilitary factions finance their private armies with drug money....A group of some 20 Republican lawmakers met Mr. Uribe in a closed-door session in Washington prior to a July congressional vote on an omnibus spending bill that included new funding for Colombia in addition to the more than $1.7 billion already approved over the past three years.

posted by Hal 6:33 PM