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      "id": 103064,
      "date": "2002-06-14",
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      "title": "Colombia: The Uribe Administration and Congressional Concerns",
      "summary": "On August 7, 2002, President-elect, Alvaro Uribe Velez, age 49, is scheduled to take office amid\nan\nintensifying conflict. Uribe's election has been widely attributed to his law-and-order campaign\npromises to pursue the guerrillas vigorously by increasing Colombia's military budget, doubling the\nsize of the military to 100,000, and creating a one-million man civilian militia to aid the Colombian\nmilitary, as well as to the worsening security situation in Colombia. Nevertheless, Uribe's campaign\nslogan, \"Firm Hand, Big Heart,\" also reflected the social concerns that have marked his 20-plus year\ncareer in local, regional, and national government. In the United States, the election of a president\nwith a reputation as a \"hardliner\"poses new questions for Members of the Congress, especially as\nCongress considers whether to broaden the scope of U.S. aid to Colombia to provide funding for\nactions against Colombia's leftist guerrilla and rightist paramilitary forces.",
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    "Foreign Affairs",
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