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Nevertheless, even Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, co- author of a bill to withhold the funds, concedes that the contras will get their money. Senators who voted for the contra aid bill last year are unwilling to reverse their stand so quickly, Dodd believes. Moreover, if both the House and Senate voted for an aid cutoff, they still could not round up the two-thirds majorities needed to override a certain presidential veto. Dodd doubts that the issue will come to a Senate vote. Says he: "I'm not sure if it makes sense to hand the President...
While the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's vote to cut off aid to the contras is a positive step, the resolution it passed, sponsored by Senators Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Lowell Weicker (R-CT), nonetheless perpetuates a fundamental flaw in the United States' Central American policy. The Dodd-Weicker resolution would eliminate the contra's final $40 million aid installment, allocate money to remove the contras from Honduras, and contribute funds to the Contadora negotiation group. However, Dodd-Weicker would also reinstate $300 million in economic aid--with no human rights guidelines attached--to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras...
Human rights guidelines would help Congress insure that economic aid is not used to shore up military repression. The $300 million in new aid that Dodd-Weicker provides to military "democracies," however, lacks human rights guidelines and is consequently open to abuse; it would continue to subsidize war in Central America...
...government announced that, like Hasenfus, Hall would be tried before a revolutionary court. But where Hasenfus' mission had been clear from the moment of his arrest, Hall's purpose in Nicaragua remained murky. He was permitted brief visits with a U.S. embassy official and with Connecticut Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd, who helped secure Hasenfus' release. Dodd reported that Hall "is in good health, he's being treated well." The portrait of Hall that began to emerge was of a troubled loner with a Rambo complex that has earned him the nickname Sambo. "In his imagination he was going...
There is also the potential for further political surprises. Last week an appeals court in Managua upheld the 30-year sentence of downed U.S. Gunrunner Eugene Hasenfus, thus paving the way for a pardon by Christmas, as President Ortega once hinted might be possible. Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd was expected to ask for Hasenfus' release during a visit to Managua this week. If the Wisconsin gunrunner returns home, various congressional committees are certain to want to question him extensively about the private U.S. supply network...