What do we need? More free trade!

The United States would break faith with a strong Latin American ally that has rescued itself from failure if the U.S. Congress refuses to approve a free-trade agreement with Colombia, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
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“I think it would be … a very bad signal for the people of Colombia — not to mention the people of the region — that you do difficult things, you work hard, you bring your country back from the brink and the United States doesn’t deliver,” Rice told reporters before arriving in Medellin.

Don’t you just love the Republican mentality?