Obama gives Colombia's Uribe a shout-out for "stepping aside"

[Enrique]

The whole speech is interesting.

On Uribe, I think it's deserved. Uribe probably could have tried to hang on.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/09/23/transcript-of-obamas-remarks-to-the-un-general-assembly/

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Each of these countries gives life to democratic principles in their own way. And even as some governments roll back reform, we also celebrate the courage of a President in Colombia who willingly stepped aside, or the promise of a new constitution in Kenya.

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