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handle is hein.crs/crsahxp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS21242 June 14, 2002 Colombia: The Uribe Administration and Congressional Concerns Nina M. Serafino Specialist in International Security Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary On August 7, 2002, President-elect, Alvaro Uribe Velez, age 49, is scheduled to take office amid an intensifying conflict. Uribe' s election has been widely attributed to his law-and-order campaign promises to pursue the guerrillas vigorously by increasing Colombia's military budget, doubling the size of the military to 100,000, and creating a one-million man civilian militia to aid the Colombian military, as well as to the worsening security situation in Colombia. Nevertheless, Uribe's campaign slogan, Firm Hand, Big Heart, also reflected the social concerns that have marked his 20-plus year career in local, regional, and national government. In the United States, the election of a president with a reputation as a hardlinerposes new questions for Members of the Congress, especially as Congress considers whether to broaden the scope of U.S. aid to Colombia to provide funding for actions against Colombia's leftist guerrilla and rightist paramilitary forces. Uribe's Background The son of a businessman and rancher, Uribe was born on July 4, 1952, received a law degree in 1977 from the University of Antioquia, and has served in local, regional, and national government posts since 1976. In 1993, he received a certificate in Administration and Management from Harvard University, with course work in conflict resolution, and in 1998 he received a scholarship from the British government to research social policy and education at St. Anthony's College at Oxford University as a Senior Associate Member.1 He and his wife, Lina Moreno, have two sons. 1'Andrew Buncombe and Toby Follett. UK Study-Grant for Colombian Caught in Human Rights Row. The Independent (London) May 18, 1998. p 8. The article reports that despite protests at Oxford against the admittance of Uribe, who had just finished a controversial term as governor of Antioquia (see below), the warden of St. Anthony's said he wouldn't have been admitted if we thought he was involved in human rights abuse. Congressional Research Service *** The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web

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