President Bush Congratulates President Uribe of
Colombia on Hostage Rescue - July 3, 2008

post from Presidential Speeches & Remarks on 03 July 2008 12:00:00 AM. © Presidential Speeches & Remarks

President Bush on Thursday said, "Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to President Uribe of Colombia, and he called to give me the good news that hostages had been rescued, including three Americans that had been held since 2003. I congratulated the President. I asked him to congratulate his military and those who had planned it. And I told him what a joyous occasion it must be to know that the plan had worked, that people who were unjustly held were now free to be with their families."

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