Is the United States planning to give or sell to Colombia equivalent weapons?
RUMSFELD: I don’t have any plans to sell anything particularly. We obviously recognize the circumstance that the government of Colombia is in and we have been trying to be helpful to them in their effort against people that are trying to attack that democracy and engage in hostage-taking and drug trafficking and various types of crime and anti-governmental activities. We and other countries in the region are all hopeful that the government of Colombia will be successful and I must say I think they’ve made some good progress. QUESTION: Secretary Rumsfeld, the Venezuela President, Chavez, has said that the Bush administration is planning to kill him and/or to invade Venezuela. What are the chances of any of that happening? RUMSFELD: I think that’s ridiculous. QUESTION: That’s it? I mean governments do contingency plans all the time. Is there any far-off possibility that the U.S. may be contemplating something along those lines? RUMSFELD: No. I’ve told you what I’ve said and it’s a perfec
