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Military Aid

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1985–1991Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1985

Ronald Wilson Reagan18 July 1985

Government / Republican Party Government

The US Congress votes to stop Reagan from supplying arms to the Contras

1986

Ronald Wilson Reagan20 March 1986

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

The Contra Aid Bill for $300 million for Nicaraguan rebels is rejected by Congress

1991

George Herbert Walker BushApril 1991

Government / Republican Party Government

The US gives aid to Hanoi when it helps account for 2,276 missing US soldiers

Names involved

George Herbert Walker BushRonald Wilson Reagan

Provenance

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