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When FMF and\nDOD assistance is included, the total level of U.S. support to Colombia is $4.5 billion. Congress\napproved the Administration's request to continue support for Plan Colombia beyond FY2005, but\nit also expressed the need for an evaluation of progress and a plan for future years.\n The objectives of Colombia and the United States differ in some aspects, although there is a\nsignificant overlap of goals. The primary U.S. objective is to prevent the flow of illegal drugs into\nthe United States, as well as to help Colombia promote peace and economic development because\nit contributes to regional security in the Andes. The primary objectives of Colombia are to promote\npeace and economic development, increase security, and end drug trafficking. Both U.S. and\nColombian objectives have also evolved over time from a strict counternarcotics focus to encompass\ncounterterrorism activities.\n Because Plan Colombia is a six-year plan that expired at the end of 2005, Congress has been\nand will likely continue assessing its progress in light of the Administration's request to continue\nfunding the ACI account, the latter having no statutory end-date. Congress has expressed the\nexpectation that funding would begin to decrease in FY2006. Some Members have also expressed\nthe opinion that the ratio between interdiction and alternative development should become more\nbalanced, and that the U.S. role should diminish as Colombia develops more operational capabilities.\n Measurable progress in Colombia's internal security has been made, as indicated by decreases\nin violence and the eradication of drug crops. After many years of stable prices, purity, and\navailability of cocaine and heroin in the United States, prices for both drugs have increased, whereas\npurity and availability have decreased. Military operations against illegally armed groups have\nintensified, but the main leftist guerrilla group seems no closer to agreeing to a cease-fire. The\ndemobilization of rightist paramilitary fighters is proceeding, but its is doing so amid controversy\nwith regard to its implementation. \n For more information on Colombia and the Andean Counterdrug Initiative, see CRS Report RL32250 , Colombia: Issues for Congress ; CRS Report RL32337 Andean\nCounterdrug Initiative\n(ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2005 Assistance ; and CRS Report RL33163 ,\n Drug Crop\nEradication and Alternative Development in the Andes , all by Connie Veillette. 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