Article: U.S. Vows Colombia Search to Continue

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Dateline: BOGOTA, Colombia The United States "will never give up" trying to bring home three American contractors held captive by Colombian rebels for six months, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said Wednesday.

But Ambassador-at-Large J. Cofer Black, the U.S. State Department' s counterterrorism coordinator, said Colombian troops _ and not Americans _ will conduct any rescue operation on the ground.

"We have no intention at this point of replacing Colombian personnel in a combat role," Black said.

The 28-year CIA veteran, sworn in as counterterrorism chief in December, met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and top civilian and military ...

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