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<zombie2_19_98@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The entire staff should be replaced tomorrow. Columbia is on the verge
> of a large civil war in which we will likely be an integral part.


Let
> us NOT have our weakest hand in Columbia to help prevent this war from
> expanding.

Could you rephrase this last sentence, please, so that we can understand
exactly what you mean?   Thanks.

Richard
> email president@whitehouse.gov
>
> From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
> srv/inatl/daily/aug99/colombia14.htm
>
> U.S. officials are investigating between six and eight embassy
> employees and dependents in Colombia to determine whether they used the
> mission's postal system to smuggle illegal drugs or other contraband to
> the United States, according to knowledgeable sources in Washington and
> Bogota.
>
> Officials in Washington said the expanded investigation has added to
> concern about the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, which already was under
> scrutiny because of what several officials described as a dangerous,
> bunker-style mentality that is hampering implementation of new policy
> initiatives.
>
> "Their performance has been very poor," said one official who deals
> with Colombia on a regular basis. "They are shutting down - they seem
> unable to drive forward with any new policy initiatives. It is an
> embassy that sees itself as being under siege and it is acting like
> that."
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