Excerpt from State Department Daily Briefing, March 21, 2002

Excerpt from State Department Daily Briefing, March 21, 2002
Daily Press Briefing
Philip T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman
Washington, DC
March 21, 2002

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QUESTION: Is that language on Colombia ready yet?

MR. REEKER: You are shifting the gears on me here. The language on Colombia -- I think you are talking about the supplemental that we plan to send up to the Congress with a number of things, one of them being Colombia. That's right. I don't have anything new on that. We decided, as you know, as Secretary Powell has made clear, to seek new and more explicit legal authorities for our assistance to Colombia supporting that government's unified campaign against narcotics trafficking and terrorist activities, other threats to their democracy and national security. But the bottom line is, no, I don't have anything further to report on that.

The week is not over, and if the week ends, we may have to go to next week.

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