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Article: Office of the Press Secretary -- Fact sheet; Cooperation between the United States and Colombia on counter-drug programs.
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- August 31, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 August 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Fact sheet; Cooperation between the United States and Colombia on counter-drug programs (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The increased U.S. assistance for Colombia provided in the Emergency Supplemental Act, as enacted in the Military Construction Appropriations Act of 2001, includes substantial funding for counter-drug programs.
The major counter-drug components of this initiative are:
-- $442 million for support to counter-drug operations in the coca-growing regions of southern Colombia, to include the training and equipping of three ...