WASHINGTON - The Bush administration appears increasingly focused on undertaking a risky military rescue of three Americans held hostage more than four years by drug-trafficking leftist rebels in Colombia.
Current and former U.S. officials say the U.S. government has failed to engage in routine negotiations or take other diplomatic steps of the kind used in similar hostage situations.
Additionally, the Justice Department refuses to consider exchanging the Americans for two Colombian guerrillas held by the United States.
The Bush administration denies neglecting to pursue all avenues to safely free the three men - contract workers Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes and …

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