06/05/2012
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"It is indisputable--right--that the distribution of cocaine is assisted actively by elements in the Venezuelan Government."
"It is my belief that, if confirmed, you will be the Ambassador to Colombia at a time in which cocaine is going to begin to compete with heroin and opiates as a headline issue in the United States."
"Let us begin with Colombia where we have a relationship that, in my view, is a poster child for what good U.S. foreign assistance can do."
"The western hemisphere is a region vital to our national security and to our economy and one increasingly contested by foreign powers who have little to no interest in democracy or human rights or the..."