The Boland Amendment

a. provided weapons to both sides fighting in Nicaragua.
b. brokered a peace settlement in Central America.
c. allowed the CIA to attempt the overthrow of the Islamic fundamentalist regime of Ayatollah Khomeini.
d. barred the CIA from using funds to aid the Nicaraguan Contras.

ANSWER: d

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