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what we badly need... I think people across the country would like us to have a bi-partisan policy... Congress needs to have a will to do that.” Rep: Slaughter said that he feels one result of the Iran/Contra hearings is that Congress will be more receptive to policy compromises.
He suggested that the recent Reagan/Wright proposal on peace negotiations in Nicaragua will provide an early test of the willingness of Congress to compromise. He stressed that it is "absolutely essential” that the Contras not be disarmed before the Nicaraguan military is reduced to a "normal level for a Central American country.” If that is not done, he warned, "the Sandanistas will grip the country more firmly than before, and ye will have lost the country.”
A "volatile” situation
Addressing cooperation in foreign policy, Rep. Slaughter identified the Persian Gulf as "an example of how complicated these situations can be. I don’t know,” he continued, "how much Congress would be willing to take on that responsibility.” He listed the many countries involved, the distance from the United States, and the unpredictable political situation in some of the neighboring countries as factors which increase the risks.
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