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Modern Chile and how it perceives the U.S.

Chile, once an international outsider because of the repressive Pinochet regime, has emerged as one of the most progressive countries in South America. WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green spoke with U.S. Ambassador Mike Hammer about modern Chile, its view of the U.S. and security of U.S. diplomats in Chile.

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WASHINGTON -- At 4 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2014, Bill, traveling south on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, came across the mangled remnants of two cars that had crashed. One of the vehicles was on fire and in danger of exploding, with someone still inside it. Realizing he was in the middle of a life-and-death situation, “I went back and put his (the injured occupant’s) arm around my shoulder and I dragged him away from his vehicle,” Bill says.
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