But the expectations Mr Uribe has raised are almost as big as the challenges facing him.
His successor, Juan Manuel Santos, has promised to continue Mr Uribe's tough security policy.
The negotiations are opposed by supporters of former President Alvaro Uribe and big landowners.
It is very much the kind of threat that President Uribe faced in Colombia.
On Monday the President will meet with President Uribe of Colombia here at the White House.
He, in turn, pressured Uribe to start a dialogue with the FARC to release her.
At a ceremony Sunday night with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, the soldiers described their captivity.
Mr Uribe is now starting to turn back the rebel tide (see article).
Uribe has already named former development minister Fernando Arajo Perdomo, 51, as his new foreign minister.
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Mr Uribe and his economic team are searching for ways to make up the difference.
With less than a month of normal legislative sessions left, Mr Uribe is clearly anxious.
And speaking at a business conference in Monterrey, Mr Uribe expressed confidence in the Mexican strategy.
In naming him, Mr Uribe is sending the message that his country remains in peril.
However, when they do give testimony back home, it can be embarrassing for Mr Uribe's government.
Uribe offered to travel to Quito to meet with Correa and was refused, as well.
To make matters worse for Mr Uribe, opposition candidates did extraordinarily well in the local elections.
Between them, the two votes have flung a large spanner in Mr Uribe's programme.
It is not the first time that Mr Uribe has clashed with the courts.
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe has been a solid ally since taking office in August 2002.
Yet on July 15th Mr Uribe's defence minister, Gabriel Silva, revealed new evidence to the press.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is one of President Bush's staunchest allies in Latin America.
Roberto Junguito, Mr Uribe's experienced choice as finance minister, says next year's budget will be austere.
There is no question that Mr Uribe took strong action against guerrillas and drug-traffickers.
Opinion polls show that Mr Uribe is the most popular president in Latin America.
But whoever takes over from Mr Uribe will have to move swiftly to curb them.
Before he was elected president, Santos served as defense minister under his predecessor, Alvaro Uribe.
Mr Uribe agreed to facilitate this by suspending military operations in the relevant area.
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Mr Acero wants help from Mr Uribe to improve security in Soacha and Sumapaz.
Mr Santos also praised his predecessor Alvaro Uribe, for whose Social National Unity Party he ran.
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