Word: nicarguan
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...Reagan's foreign policy achievements fall under the shadow of the unethical standards he encouraged. His Administration's deceit on behalf of the Nicarguan contras has been reprehensible. The Administration has tried to cloud foreign policy issues by casting doubt about which branch has Constitutional authority to make foreign policy, or trying to pretend the disputes are mere partisan politics. Would either be a valid excuse for claiming one policy while carrying out another? It becomes a question of honesty and honor. Would any of us buy a used car from Elliot Abrams? Even if Ollie North would deliver...
...administration faces an uphill struggle winning congressional approval for more aid to the Contras, particularly in view of concessions announced over the weekend by Nicarguan President Daniel Ortega...
WASHINGTON--The Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff will conduct an inquiry into whether an airplane resupplying Nicarguan rebels was working in cooperation with the Reagan Aministration, the panel's chairman said yesterday...
Certainly abroad this penchant for cowboy-style diplomacy has proved a recipe for diaster. The Administration waves a big stick to little effect in Central America, while earning the opprobrium of the world for its mining of the Nicarguan harbors. It has bungled relations with our reality of the Soviet gas pipeline. And, through its morally disgraceful policy of "constructive engagement," it has allied the United States with the forces of reaction and racism in Southern Africa...
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