Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Later that day, at a White House press conference, reporter Sam Donaldson asked President Reagan if he would consider sending support to the South African opposition, as he has done for the Nicaraguan contras. The President replied that he saw no reason to send aid to a country where such a wide variety of political positions exist...
...situation in South Africa becomes more and more desperate, one wonders if the only way to prompt American action would be for the South African government to accept Soviet aid. There certainly seems to be an odd correlation between Soviet interest in a government and the administration's discovery that the citizens are oppressed, dissatisfied and want U.S. intervention...
...Republican alternative plan contained moremoney for the rebels--about $22 million--andplaced fewer restrictions on the way the Contrascould use the aid, allowing purchase of non-lethalmilitary supplies. The GOP package also containeda children's aid fund similar to that proposed byDemocrats...
...Mickey Edwards (R-OK) said the keydifference between the two bills was that theDemocrats' version offered no guarantees for quickconsideration of a future administration requestfor military aid for the rebels...
...package would permit the president toask for such aid any time after April 15, andwould require expedited congressional action