The Nation - News from July 19, 1985
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Keeping the total a secret, the House approved legislation authorizing spending by the nation’s intelligence agencies. Most of the money is hidden in Defense Department appropriations. Included in the measure, approved by voice vote and sent to the Senate, was permission for the CIA to resume giving “intelligence information and advice” to the Contra guerrillas fighting the Sandinista government of Nicaragua.
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