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John Rice Carter: I want to point that out because I think that's a lot of what the American people think about Colombia when it comes to…

On the recordApril 15, 2008
I want to point that out because I think that's a lot of what the American people think about Colombia when it comes to their mind, they think of that movie and that book. And I am pleased to say that I was very pleasantly surprised to find a very peaceable place where an awful lot of people have done an awful lot of hard work to get violent people out of their country and to get those people who joined defense bands and guerrilla bands to lay down their weapons.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing perceptions of Colombia during a speech about his visit to the country.

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