Pubdate: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 Source: Arizona Daily Star (AZ) Copyright: 2000 Pulitzer Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.azstarnet.com/ Author: Associated Press Bookmark: additional articles on Colombia are available at http://www.mapinc.org/latin.htm U.S. MAY UP ANTI-DRUG AID FOR COLOMBIA WASHINGTON - House leaders are considering whether to follow up a $1.3 billion aid package designed to help Colombia's military combat the narcotics trade with $99.5 million more to bolster Colombian police anti-drug efforts. In negotiations over the original package, which emphasized military aid, congressional Republicans already switched 14 helicopters and other materiel to the police. John Feehery, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, said yesterday that Hastert saw a possible need for additional help when he accompanied President Clinton to Colombia on Aug. 31 for the symbolic delivery of the first package. Hastert, R-Ill., "went down there and felt that Colombia's national police are an important part of the war on drugs," Feehery said in an interview. - --- MAP posted-by: Thunder