"The director of the national police of Colombia could remove any single officer, " he says, pointing to a country often compared with Mexico.
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Venezuelan officials blame all this on geography, pointing out that their country lies next to Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine producer.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday the prolonged primary season has been great for the country, pointing to increased voter registration for his party.
Once all the dishes in one country are pointing at a particular satellite, they are likely to stay that way, and others have little chance of breaking into the market.
Paul Bremer, America's top administrator in Iraq, never tires of pointing out that most of the country is improving fast.
He said that there had been a rise in the number of weapons and armed groups in the country's provinces, pointing out that insurgent attacks on Afghan security forces had increased in recent months.
And the company has also deflated Mr Kohnstamm's remarks about Colombia by pointing out that he was writing about the country's history, not its sights or restaurants.
"China is entirely capable of producing the weaponry needed for national defense, " spokesman Geng Yansheng told reports at a monthly briefing, pointing to recent domestic technological breakthroughs such as the country's first aircraft carrier, new generation fighter jets, large transport planes and the Beidou satellite system.
Schnurr warns that today there are more missiles pointing at Israel in absolute numbers than at any other country on earth.
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But rights groups have also urged caution, pointing to violent unrest through 2012 in parts of the country like western Rakhine state, which has displaced more than 100, 000 people.
And I think the President was just pointing out broadly that we have, as anyone who drives around this country can attest, serious needs in terms of upgrading our infrastructure -- bridges, roads, highways, ports, airports.
He is also correct in pointing out that this has to do more with greed than the welfare of the country.
British Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim warned that there needed to be a greater understanding of intellectual property, pointing out that the internet-based economy was worth almost 10% of a country's GDP.
Xcel emphasizes that it would be a willing partner in the effort to help Boulder achieve its green energy goals, pointing out that for the ninth year running it has been named the top wind energy provider in the country.
"I have stuck out my neck in this country trying to show Jewish people are as normal as other people, " he said, pointing out that the government had allowed the Israeli cricket team to participate in an international tournament held in Malaysia last April.
It is also worth pointing out that Australia is successfully multi-ethnic and, considering the massive population changes that have overtaken the country over the past 60 years, the backlash has been relatively mild.
Gen Musharraf said the Pakistani government's aim in the country's tribal border areas was to "wean the people away" from supporting the Taleban, pointing out that while al-Qaeda was mainly comprised of "foreigners", the Taleban's support was more locally based.
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