McCain presses Colombia's Uribe on human rights (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 07/01/2008 - 11:58pm

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, right, leads Republican presidential candidate Sen.<br /><br />John McCain, R-Ariz. left, his wife Cindy and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., upon their arrival to the Casa De Huespedes presidential retreat in Cartagena, Colombia, Tuesday, July 1, 2008.<br /><br />(AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - John McCain said Tuesday he had pressed Colombia President Alvaro Uribe to improve his government's record on human rights but praised his efforts to stabilize the country and reduce the flow of drugs into the United States.




 

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