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...White House and telephoning 20 others, some from Air Force One as he sped west for a five-day vacation. Despite efforts by House Speaker Tip O'Neill, 51 Democrats deserted their party on the vote, providing a larger victory margin than many had expected. Said Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, the House Armed Services Committee chairman who surprised colleagues by switching to the Administration's side: "The negotiating track needs some military support. We need both sticks and carrots...
After Robert Leiken returned last week from a five-day trip to Nicaragua with Les Aspin, a Democratic Congressman from Wisconsin, he spoke with TIME White House Correspondent Barrett Seaman. Excerpts from his remarks...
...Since then, Leiken has assessed the Sandinista issue in other articles, including two pieces in the New York Review of Books. After two trips this year to Nicaragua, the most recent with Democratic Congressman Les Aspin of Wisconsin, he has changed his assessment of the contras. He argues that while the rebels were initially a small mercenary force made up of supporters of ousted Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, they have, as a result of widespread disenchantment with the Sandinistas, grown into a diverse army of 20,000 that is now a popularly based vanguard for a widespread and growing rebellion...
...promote its views and showcase its members, the D.L.C. has conducted campaign-style road shows in five states, including California and Florida. On a recent trip to Dallas, Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia and Congressman Les Aspin of Wisconsin, leaders of the military-reform movement on Capitol Hill, told some 200 local Democratic spear carriers that while the Reagan Administration's trillion-dollar military buildup had created a "museum of weapons systems," the U.S. still lacks a sound and coherent defense strategy. Doves they are not, however. Said Nunn: "We need to make sure that the public understands that...