The American role is at issue because Congress had barred aid to the rebels during that period.
The efforts to aid the rebels occurred when Congress had barred official aid.
They stepped back from earlier proposals for sweeping changes in the new welfare law, which barred such aid.
Federal law has barred American foreign aid from being used for those purposes since 1973.
The amendment barred aid to private groups engaged in military or paramilitary operations in Angola.
The rebels, or contras, were supplied through a secret pipeline set up after Congress in 1984 barred direct military aid to the rebels.
Republicans would never bar aid to any family for choosing child care that includes a simple prayer.
The plan specifically bars outside aid to guerrillas and their use of foreign territory.
Taliban officials had barred aid from the region because of fears that the bulk of it would be diverted to enemy troops.
It is a reign that will end, barring aid from a judge in Cleveland, tomorrow.
