Page 217, Department of the Air Force Military Construction Program,
Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Budget Estimates Justification Data
Submitted to Congress, May 2009

Full Spectrum Operations

The U.S. announces the deployment of U.S. military forces at seven military bases in Colombia. U.S. and Colombian government officials sustain that the deal will be used only for fighting drug trafficking and insurgents in Colombia. However, official financial documents of the U.S. Air Force say the bases will allow the U.S. to conduct "full spectrum operations throughout South America" to deal with "terrorist insurgencies, anti-US governments, endemic poverty and recurring natural disasters," conduct "Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), improve global reach... and expand expeditionary warfare capability."

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