Hillary, Bill Clinton dine in Bogota amid better security [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Hillary, Bill Clinton dine in Bogota amid better security
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BOGOTA (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday touted how much security has improved in

Colombia by revealing that her husband Bill Clinton joined her for dinner in a Bogota restaurant.

Clinton arrived late Tuesday in Colombia for talks with President Alvaro Uribe and other officials as part of a four-country tour of

Latin America, and the former president who was here on separate business met up with her.

"We had a wonderful dinner last night here in Bogota among friends, some Colombians, some American, and we talked about how remarkable it was how such a common event could take place," Clinton told a press conference.

She said that as she drove Wednesday to the presidential palace for the press conference, "my heart was filled with the hope that I know fills the hearts of so many Colombians that what has been accomplished will only go from strength to strength."

Uribe, who stood next to her at the press conference, first disclosed the news that the Clintons had dined together Tuesday when he called it a public relations boost for security in the country that has suffered from drug-related violence and terrorism.

A Clinton aide told reporters that former president Clinton visited Bogota as part of his work for the Clinton Foundation. He said the Clintons and the entire group dined in a steakhouse in the Colombian capital.

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