Mr. Chairman. the difference between the two proposals before us today is simple: The first makes the United States a power for peace in the region. The substitute will make us the quartermaster corps of the Nicaraguan Contras. The first resolution. just passed. provides true refugees with true humanitarian assistance. The substitute gives the Contras boots. rations. and other military assistanceeverything an army needs save for weapons. They can get those elsewhere with the money they save. The argument that somehow our Nation will have "clean hands" by giving Contras only the socalled humanitarian aid just wont wash. The bottom line is still military supportwhether you are the quartermaster corps or the ordnance corps.
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