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Congress Oks Doubling U.S. Troops In Colombia

HeadlineOct 12, 2004

Congress has approved doubling the number of US troops in Colombia to 800. The decision was included in this year’s 5,000 page Pentagon authorization bill which was approved on Saturday. The bill also permits the Bush administration to increase the number of U.S. citizens working for private contractors in Columbia by one-third.

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