GRENADA/COUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100550009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 28, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
28 October 1983
GREN.DA/COUP JENNINGS: Now the Senate has approved a bill which says the War
Powers Act does pertain to the U.S. invasion of Grenada. A
House Committee passed it yesterday, and it would require the
withdrawal of American troops from the island by January 23rd at
the latest, the end of a 90-day period. As Brit Hume reports,
today's vote does not mean most of,the Congress has turned.
against the president.
HUME: CIA Director Casey came here today to brief the Senate
Intelligence Committee on Grenada. Afterward, one member who is
normally a leading critic of Reagan foreign policy said what- he
heard was good enough for him. SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN (D-Del.): Now
I've seen facts sufficient to put me a position of saying, I
think the president was right.
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/29: CIA-RDP90-00552R000100550009-3