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Dianne Feinstein: “Can I ask the Senator a question? I believe the Senator was in the Senate when President Bush gave the order to send…”

On the recordApril 13, 2000
Can I ask the Senator a question? I believe the Senator was in the Senate when President Bush gave the order to send American troops to Panama because so many heavy narcotics were coming through Panama, much of it under the control of one person, a general by the name of Manuel Noriega. They picked up this general and brought him back to the United States for trial. To this day, he is in Federal prison in the United States, and the problem has been remedied in Panama. This was the kind of direct recognition of a problem and a response that has solved the problem. Does the Senator agree?
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Questioning a colleague about the U.S. military intervention in Panama and its outcomes.

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