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With the withdrawal of U.S. Marines under way in Lebanon, the political heat on the Administration's policy there was easing a bit on Capitol Hill. But it was rising again on U.S. military aid to the government of El Salvador and to the antigovernment rebels in Nicaragua. Secretary of State George Shultz last week defended the Administration before two Senate committees and in a speech on human rights. Said he: "American foreign policy, taken around the world, is going extremely well...
Turning to Central America, Shultz asked Congress to approve quickly an extra $ 178.7 million in military aid to El Salvador this year and to vote $132.5 million for next year. He warned that the rebels can be expected to launch new attacks before the presidential election on March 25 and that the government troops might run low on military supplies before then. Said he: "If you won't give them any resources and the other side is pouring resources in, what do you expect [will happen...
Skeptical Congressmen suspect that low troop morale is the real problem. "It seems to me the situation is deteriorating, and we are losing the war," declared Democratic Senator J. Bennett Johnston, "perhaps because of the death squads and the lack of human rights in El Salvador." Replied Shultz: "I would have to just flatly disagree.' ' Some lawmakers hinted they might want to wait for the election results. If far-right Candidate Roberto d'Aubuisson wins, they say, he may scuttle efforts to extend land reforms and to crack down on the semiofficial death squads...
Congress approved $64.8 million in military aid to El Salvador this year, but withheld $19 million more until the suspects accused of killing four U.S. churchwomen in December 1980 are brought to trial. It also passed legislation requiring a cutoff in military aid unless the President could certify that El Salvador had made progress on human rights. Reagan used a pocket veto to kill the bill in November...
...ctores to power. Although the day passed without any protest or disruption, the heightened security and the absence of any official celebration underscored the extreme uneasiness felt by the government of Central America's most populous (7.9 million) republic. As in neighboring El Salvador, a leftist insurgency poses a permanent challenge to the regime. Mejía, whose country has experienced two coups in less than two years, also worries about the intentions of his fellow military officers...