Iran-Contra Hearings Day 24: Oliver North Testimony Part 25: Swiss Bank Account (1987)

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July 8, 1987 www.amazon.com Watch the full testimony: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Elliott Abrams (born January 24, 1948) is an American lawyer and politician who served in foreign policy positions for two Republican US Presidents, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. He is currently a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. During the Reagan administration, Abrams gained notoriety for his involvement controversial foreign policy decisions regarding Nicaragua and El Salvador. During Bush’s first term, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs. At the start of Bush’s second term, Abrams was promoted to be his Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy, in charge of promoting Bush’s strategy of advancing democracy abroad. His appointment by Bush was controversial due to his conviction in 1991 on two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress during the Iran-Contra Affair investigation. When Congress shut down funding for the Contras’ efforts to overthrow Nicaragua’s Sandinista government with the 1982 Boland Amendment, the Reagan administration began looking for other avenues for funding the group. Congress opened a couple of such avenues when it modified the Boland Amendment for fiscal year 1986 by approving million in direct aid to the Contras and allowing the administration to legally …
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Uma tentativa de explicar como somos representados nas organizações globais por pessoas que não escolhemos. Baseado na palestra “Is Global Democracy Possible?”, de George Monbiot. Legendado PTBR: L.Guiraldeli e Alexa Website: novasinapse.com Fonte vimeo.com Portfólio Studio Canoe: studiocanoe.com
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