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...promises were made on aid beyond that and Dodd and others said there likely will be many more votes against further assistance, especially in light of the Iran-Contra turmoil involving the sale of arms to Iran and the purported diversion of profits to the Contras...
Therefore, they say will not make a major effort, saving their energy for battles later in the year over the additional $105 million Reagan has requested for the Contras in fiscal 1988 and for legislation sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) to end Contra aid permanently...
...Dodd said that as far as he can see, the $40 million installment for the Contras is "a done deal" and Reagan is "going to get the money...
...There certainly are not enough votes to override a presidential veto," Dodd said. "I wouldn't make the stand on that issue...
...authors proved to be adept jugglers. Robert Slater of the Jerusalem bureau wrote The Titans of Takeover (Prentice-Hall), a look at Wall Street machinations, while reporting on the Middle East. Ottawa Bureau Chief Peter Stoler, who probes the beleaguered media in The War Against the Press (Dodd, Mead), completed his book while covering Canada. Says Stoler: "I learned to grab bits of time on planes and trains, grateful that it takes a while to get from one end of Canada to another...