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Administration spending to advance foreign policy objectives outside congressional scrutiny has led to trouble in the past, The Iran-contra scandal of the mid-1980s occurred when the Reagan administration diverted proceeds from secret arms sales to Iran to support anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua despite a congressional prohibition on doing so.
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Administration spending to advance foreign policy objectives outside congressional scrutiny has led to trouble in the past.
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- February 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM (7 months ago)
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