Word: aid
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...field, not behind the desk, where North thrived. For some in the NSC, North was a modern musketeer living out foreign-policy fantasies. In the summer of 1984, as congressional aid to the contras was being cut off, North journeyed to a rebel camp in Honduras. "I told them I'd be personally responsible for seeing they got what they needed," he reported to a friend. He radiated impatience with bureaucratic desk jockeys and always seemed to be on the move. Once, after arranging to meet someone for a drink, he showed up 45 minutes late, barked, "Okay, bottoms...
First is the Boland Amendment, which forbade any use of federal funds to aid the contras from 1984 until this October, when it expired. Meese contends that "provisions had been made by Congress to permit the U.S. to seek funding from third countries," such as Israel, but he appears to be simply wrong. The amendment was rewritten last year to include an explicit prohibition against U.S. solicitation of third-country financing, and that ban was in effect throughout the time Iranian money supposedly was being funneled to the Nicaraguan rebels...
...most visible manifestation of what has been called the Reagan Doctrine, America's attempt to counter the spread of Communism by fostering insurgencies to undermine Moscow-backed regimes. After a long struggle, Reagan squeezed out a narrow victory this May by persuading Congress to authorize renewed, open military aid to the contras, who will be provided with $100 million during the current fiscal year...
Even before last week's revelations, the President faced a hard and uncertain fight to get the funding renewed when the new Congress meets in January. Now Capitol Hill resounds with predictions that angry legislators will cut off aid again as a kind of punishment to North and those in the Administration who failed to monitor his activities. Says Minnesota Senator David Durenberger, a Republican and reluctant contra supporter: "It's going to be a cold day in Washington before any more money goes to Nicaragua. Ollie may have killed off his Nicaraguan program." Such a reaction has little logic...
...country in the world where "covert" funding for "secret" wars is not only front-page news but the subject of open parliamentary debate. At a meeting with columnists and editors last year, President Reagan was asked why he was not doing more to help efforts in Congress to send aid to the rebels in Angola. Reagan replied that he didn't want to go that route, but that he would give covert aid instead. The President was speaking on the record...