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...question is the Boland Amendment, a little-noticed rider tacked onto an omnibus Government-spending bill last December. Ironically, it was adopted at the urging of the Administration, as a substitute for a far more restrictive measure proposed by Democrat Thomas Harkin of Iowa. Harkin's rider would have banned U.S. support of any "military activities in or against Nicaragua"; the CIA argued that this would prevent necessary covert actions aimed at reducing the flow of arms supplied by the Nicaraguan government to Marxist-led guerrillas in El Salvador. So the House accepted, 411 to 0, a rider offered...
...some Congressmen remained skeptical. Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut blasted the certification report as "a sham," arguing that it would give a "green light" to Salvadorans to "do anything they damn well please." Democratic Representatives Tom Harkin of Iowa and Gerry Studds of Massachusetts announced plans to introduce a resolution in the House that would declare the Administration's report "null and void...
...same conclusion was reached by another visiting Congressional team, Representatives Tom Harkin of Iowa and James L. Oberstar of Minnesota, both Democrats, and Republican Jim Coyne of Pennsylvania. Criticizing the regime's "inhumane" military tactics at a news conference, Oberstar said flatly that the Salvadoran government "should not have our military support...
...battle is far from settled. Iowa Democrat Thomas Harkin last week promised to introduce a bill in the House that would turn the WHO recommendations into law. And the National Council of Churches next month will publish a report claiming that powdered formula is not strictly a Third World concern: they found that increased use of baby formula among poor families accounts for infant illnesses in the U.S. Vows John Pedrotti, an antiformula activist: "We want the WHO code to be adopted in this country as well." -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Bruce van Voorst/Geneva and Barbara Dolan/New York
...counted as a pro-government vote. Finally, all votes were counted by The Junta in secret with no independent observers allowed. This so-called election was severely criticized by Eduardo Frei, former Chilean president, the Chilean Catholic Church, Sen. Edward Kennedy, and by 40 U.S. congressmen led by Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). Nevertheless, it was not surprising that The Junta's constitution obtained 67 per cent of the votes...