What was the Boland Amendment, you ask? American Tax dollars - TopicsExpress



          

What was the Boland Amendment, you ask? American Tax dollars were diverted to pay for a political brush war during the Cold War years. There were many, Secret Army, political such wars, including Angola, and the Horn of Africa which were little known about by the American people. … House Amendment 461 to HR 2968 is summarized by the Thomas Bill Summary & Status (under Amendments) as: An amendment to prohibit covert assistance for military operations in Nicaragua and to authorize overt interdiction assistance. The overt interdiction assistance consists of assistance furnished by the President on terms he may dictate to any friendly country in Central America to enable that country to prevent the use of its territory for the transfer of military equipment from or through Cuba or Nicaragua or any other country. The assistance must be overt. For this overt aid $30,000,000 is provided for FY83 and $50,000,000 is provided for FY84. fact-index/b/bo/boland_amendment.html
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:36:50 +0000

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