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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 ...