Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, embraces her daughter Melanie as her son Lorenzo, right, looks on after their arrival from France at a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt embraced her children for the first time in six years, saying the thought of them helped her stay alive until a daring rescue plucked her and 14 other hostages from the Colombian jungle on Wednesday.
Ingrid Betancourt, center, embraces her husband Juan Carlos Lecompte as her mother Yolanda Pulecio, left, looks on as Betancourt arrived at a military base in Bogota after being rescued after six years of captivity, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Betancourt was rescued by Colombia's military from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Betancourt was abducted when running for president in Feb. 2002.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, right, embraces her mother Yolanda Pulecio as she arrives to a military base after being rescued after six years of captivity in Bogota, Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, front second left, embraces other freed hostages after arriving at a military base in Bogota, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Betancourt is one of 15 hostages rescued by Colombia's military from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002.
The commander of Colombia's Army, Gen. Mario Montoya, center, embraces rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt upon her arrival at a military base in Bogota after being rescued after six years of captivity, Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt gives a thumbs up upon her arrival at a military base in Bogota after being rescued after six years of captivity, Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
The commander of Colombia's Army, Gen. Mario Montoya, front, gestures in front of rescued hostages as they arrive at a military base in Bogota, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, third from left in the first row of freed hostages, is one of 15 people who were rescued by Colombia's military from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
U.S. contractors Keith Stansell, left, Marc Gonsalves, center, and Thomas Howes sit in an aircraft in an unknown location in Colombia after being rescued by Colombia's military from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Colombia's military rescued 15 hostages from the FARC, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
Mark Gonsalves (left) and Thomas Howes step off a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster and onto U.S. soil Wednesday July 2, 2008 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The U.S. military contractors were held for five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Keith Stansell, third from right, steps off the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster and onto U.S. soil at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, July 2, 2008. Three U. S. citizens employed by Northrup Grumman Corp., Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Stansell, held hostage for more than five years by a guerilla group in Colombia, set foot on U.S. soil for the first time since they were set free by a Columbian military rescue operation.
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe looks at former hostage Ingrid Betancourt during a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Colombia's military rescued 15 hostages from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, including Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police and soldiers. Betancourt was abducted when running for president in 2002.
A photo of Ingrid Betancourt, former Colombian presidential candidate being held hostage by leftist rebels since Feb. 2002, is seen in an unknown location on an unknown date while in captivity.
U.S. contractor Marc Gonsalves in an unknown location on an unknown date after being kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Gonsalves was kidnapped along with other U.S. contractors Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell by the FARC more than five years ago after their plane went down while they were on a drug-monitoring flight.
U.S. contractor Thomas Howes in an unknown location on an unknown date after being kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
U.S. contractor Keith Stansell in an unknown location on an unknown date after being kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.