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...administration has favored covert and overt military action to solve problems in the hemisphere, most notably in Grenada. Sadly, Congress has given itself a reactive, subsidiary role as a glorified back-seat driver, constantly watching over the shoulder of the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As in Honduras, this relationship prevents the United States from taking a strong military stand against communism and limits our ability to use force when and where we ought to. Divisions also makes our allies doubt our determination and gives our adversaries renewed confidence...
...language of the indictments says forcefully and clearly what the president, not to mention the vice president, should have said long ago about the covert doings, terming them "a program to continue funding of and logisitical and other support for military and paramilitary operations" at a time when the law prevented such action...
...trait. Bush shied away from getting rid of a divisive member of his vice-presidential staff until Fuller came along as his new chief and forced the issue in 1985. For the past 20 months, Donald Gregg, Bush's national security adviser, has been under fire for allegedly facilitating covert support for the contras, yet Bush has refused to dismiss him, even as his candidacy has been tainted by the Iran- contra scandal...
...vote killed an amendment proposed by Sen. James McClure, (R.-Idaho) which would have allowed a president simply to tell Congress that a covert action had started, but withhold details until later...
...bill overhauls procedures for notifying Congress about intelligence actions. The chief provision requires that notification be sent to Capitol Hill within 48 hours of the time a covert operation begins...