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Article: CAPITOL HILL GENERALLY GIVES ENDORSEMENT TO ATTACKS ON IRAN TARGETS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 19, 1988
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WASHINGTON - In a rare demonstration of harmony over the
use of American force, key members of Congress endorsed the Reagan
administration's decision to bomb Iranian oil facilities in the
Persian Gulf yesterday and to retaliate against Iranian naval
forces.
No significant dissent from Capitol Hill accompanied news of
US naval action in the gulf, distinguishing the event from most
previous decisions by the administration to use military force,
from Granada to Nicaragua to Lebanon.
Instead, Capitol Hill applauded the administration for "a
measured response" to Iranian provocations in international waters,
and praised the White House for notifying congressional leaders
before taking ...