Pubdate: Fri, 12 May 2000
Source: New York Times (NY)
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Author: Larry Rohter

COLOMBIA: AMERICAN DELEGATION

In what he called a sign of "concern about the situation" in Colombia, the 
State Department's senior political official arrived for his third visit in 
nine months. The delegation led by Under Secretary Thomas Pickering is to 
hold two days of meetings with President Andres Pastrana and other top 
officials in a bid to coordinate an anti-narcotics strategy they say is 
being hampered by the United States Congress's delays in approving a $1.7 
billion emergency aid package.
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