PoliticsHegseth welcomes Colombia into counter-drug alliance after election

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Colombia on Wednesday into a military-led counter-narcotics coalition. The group brings together like-minded nations from the Western Hemisphere. Colombia joined after its conservative president was inaugurated last week. The move places the country within a regional military and counter-drug framework following the change in leadership.

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