Colombia takes Clinton's word for swift passage of FTA http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/economy/16665-colombia-takes-clintons-word-for-swift-passage-of-fta.html

Colombia's foreign minister says she takes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at her word that she is "absolutely sure" a long-delayed trade deal between the two countries will pass U.S. Congress.Minister Maria Angela Holguin, who met with Clinton in Washington on Tuesday, told radio station Caracol that "the FTA is their issue. We have made all the dates. The rest is an internal political problem, which has nothing to do with us. I trust it will be passed and take the word of the United States."

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