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Defend America on Monday, November 23, 2009 6:10:23 AM
November 23,
1876
"Boss" Tweed delivered to authorities
William
Marcy "Boss" Tweed, leader of New York City's corrupt Tammany Hall
political organization during the 1860s and early 1870s, is delivered
to authorities in New York City after his capture in Spain.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5543
November 23,
1981
Reagan gives CIA authority to establish the Contras
On
this day, President Ronald Reagan signs off on a top secret document,
National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), which gives the
Central Intelligence Agency the power to recruit and support a 500-man
force of Nicaraguan rebels to conduct covert actions against the
leftist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. A budget of $19 million was
established for that purpose. NSDD-17 marked the beginning of official
U.S. support for the so-called Contras in their struggle against the
Sandinistas.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2493