Word: contra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iran-Contra affair began with a sense that the fundamental precepts of the Constitution were under attack. The government appeared to be run out of the basement of the White House, covertly and with no acountability to anyone. American history dictates that such a major betrayal of public trust would be corrected--like the Watergate impeachment proceedings. After at this is a government by, for, and of the people...
WASHINGTON--The judge in the Iran-Contra case ruled today that Oliver L. North, John M. Poindexter and two other defendants each be tried separately, so they can defend themselves using each other's congressional testimony given under a grant of limited immunity...
Beckler argued that the Iran-Contra affair will play a major role in the presidential campaign, especially as questions are raised about Vice President George Bush's role...
...notch in his belt simply because he proclaims himself a native son. This kind of "Southern Strategy" won't work in the face of Dukakis' strong Hispanic and Black support--33 percent of the state's population is Black and Hispanic. Questions about his involvement in the Iran-contra scandal and his knowledge about Meese's ethical transgressions will plague him to defeat...
Last week Hernandez and some 1,000 fellow dissidents, who had barricaded themselves at a base in Yamales, Honduras, clashed briefly with pro-Bermudez forces. At least two dissidents were wounded. Hernandez later agreed to negotiate with Honduran and contra officials, but by week's end the dispute had not been resolved. Nor was it clear whether the contras could negotiate a more lasting truce with the Sandinistas before the present cease-fire runs...