Nicaragua

Week of Sept. 21, 1987
The Reagan Administration pushes a $270 million military aid package for Nicaragua's "contras," but meets stiff resistance from House Speaker Jim Wright and the Democratic leadership. President Reagan announces, "We will not abandon our friends in Central America."

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