Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--Fired White House aide Oliver L. North participated behind the scenes in an April 1985 dinner to aid Nicaraguan refugees that netted only $1000 to help refugees but paid more than $100,000 to "consultants," according to documents and sources...
...disclosure was the first time Bush's staff had been linked with Rodriguez in connection with the private supply flights, which came during a congressional ban on U.S. military aid to the Nicaraguan rebels...
...question-and-answer session after dinner, the congressmen fielded questions on topics ranging from aid to the contras to the trade deficit to the arms deals with Iran...
Addressing the situation in Central America, Konnyu said that without contra aid several refugees would flee to the United States from Nicaragua and El Salvador. "The American people simply do not want thousands of people on welfare on their backs as we had to do with the Vietnamese folks," he said...
Reardon has assured the team that the Athletic Department will continue to provide aid to the team. "As long as a lot of kids want to play, they will be provided with the space and the facilities," Reardon said...