Word: aide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rule of law, and he favors negotiation over chest-beating. He even speaks the language of much of the rest of our hemisphere. Central to his vision of the world is a commitment to human rights. Dukakis would make South African apartheid a target, and he would not continue aid to the contras...
Bush may claim the title "education president." but his record of silence as the administration cut student aid and education budgets shows how concerned he's been for the issue before the campaign. Dukakis has proposed a college loan program that would adjust repayment schedules to a graduate's earnings and ensure that everyone can afford to attend school. He has proposed a teachers training effort to stave the frightening shortage of educators. He intends to work with the educational system in order to improve it; not waste another administration with unproductive confrontation...
Dukakis opposes aid to the rebels in Nicaragua, and has denounced the Reagan Administration's Central American policy as a "fiasco." Dukakis advocates a multilateral approach, joining Central American leaders, to resolve the region's conflicts. He has also been critical of the Reagan Administration's relationship with Panama Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega...
Dukakis favors improved drug education and a meeting of Western Hemisphere political leaders to discuss the drug problem. He also said he would cut off foreign aid to Governments that refuse to cooperate on drug policy...
...wording of the referendum places all the blame on Israel, yet the conflict has involved violence on two sides. The referendum singles out Israel for human rights violations that are routinely ignored in other beneficiaries of U.S. aid dollars. The referendum paints a picture of Palestinians eager to negotiate a peace settlement; yet Palestinians have not even renounced terrorism to show that they are willing to come to the table...