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Article:	Obama, others want tougher stance on Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Top Democratic lawmakers, including presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Chris Dodd, have urged Colombia to reverse the "infiltration" of murderous paramilitary groups at high government levels or risk losing $700 million a year in aid. In a strongly worded letter sent last month to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, eight senators expressed "grave concern regarding the infiltration of important Colombian state institutions by terrorists and drug traffickers." A copy of the letter was released by Sen. Dodd's office on Friday, just before President Alvaro Uribe is to appear in New York for a dinner honoring former President Clinton, part of a lobbying campaign by Colombia to counter Democrats' intense scrutiny of
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