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Iran-contra affair
Iran-contra affair in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan . The first was... Read more |
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Daniel Ken Inouye
Daniel Ken Inouye , 1924-, U.S. politician, b. Honolulu. A Democratic senator from Hawaii since 1963, he was a member of the committee that investigated the Watergate affair (1973-74) and served as chairman of the committee that investigated the Iran-contra affair (1987). He became chair of the... Read more |
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John M. Poindexter
REPORT ON THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR (13 November 1987) In 1985, high-ranking officials in the Ronald Reagan administration began selling arms clandestinely to Iran for its war with America-supported Iraq. The money from these arms sales was laundered in Israel and diverted to the Contras, rebels... Read more |
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Terry Waite
Terry Waite (Terence Waite), 1939-, British church official. An adviser to Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury, he successfully negotiated the release of British hostages in Iran (1981) and Libya (1985). His later efforts to free U.S. hostages in Beirut were unsuccessful and were... Read more |
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Edwin Meese 3d
Edwin Meese, 3d 1931-, American public official, b. Oakland, Calif. As a deputy district attorney of Alameda co., he was a tough prosecutor with little toleration for radical protest. As a result, Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed him secretary of legal affairs. Meese served as counselor to President... Read more |
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United States Department of State
United States Department of State executive department of the federal government responsible, under the President's direction, for the making and execution of American foreign policy. Current Organization and Duties The secretary of state, who heads the department, is aided by a deputy secretary... Read more |
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Oliver Laurence North
Oliver Laurence North 1943-, American military officer, b. San Antonio, Tex. Raised in Philmont, N.Y., he entered the U.S. Marines, graduated from Annapolis (1968), served in the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1981 he was assigned to the National Security Council, and... Read more |
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William Sebastian Cohen
William Sebastian Cohen 1940-, American politician, b. Bangor, Maine. He attended Bowdoin College (B.A., 1962) and Boston Univ. (LL.B., 1965). A Republican, he was elected to the House of Representatives from Maine, serving three terms (1973-79), and became senator from Maine, also for three terms... Read more |
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William Joseph Casey
William Joseph Casey 1913-87, American public official, b. New York City. After graduating from Fordham Univ. (B.S., 1934) he obtained a law degree from St. Johns Univ. (1937). During World War II he became an important official in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and helped supervise... Read more |
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From the Last Public Witness, Much Less Than the Last Word Series: THE...
...witness of the Iran-contra proceedings...word on the affair-or will entirely...appeared before the Iran-contra congressional...president had been telling the truth about the ... |
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REAGAN TAKES TO STUMP FOR BORK NOMINATION, EYES INTERIM CONTRA AID
...Reagan, seeking to put "the Iran-contra mess" behind him, carried...disguise to come out of the Iran-contra mess." He also...persuaded that Reagan is still not telling the truth about the ... |
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Poll Finds Growing Majority Disbelieves Reagan on Iran
...not telling the truth about the Iran-contra affair, a sharp increase...skepticism about the Iran-contra affair has grown...generally honest but not telling the ... |
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Polls backing North // Majority believes he - not Reagan - is telling the truth
...telling the truth, but maybe...about the Iran-contra affair. The New York...North has been telling the truth in...congressional Iran-contra hearings. Nearly...believe North ... |
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Series: THE IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS: The Ninth Week
...contra arms affair. Do you think...North handled the Iran/contra operation...related to the Iran/contra affair...actions in the Iran/contra affair...was ... |
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Most in Poll Say Witness Is Hiding Facts Series: The Iran-Contra Hearings:...
...Iran-contra affair and is covering...told the full truth about his role...they felt he was telling the truth. In...the diversion of Iran arms sales money...Poindexter is telling all he ... |
 "The Economist (US)")
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Two in trouble. (Donald Gregg and John Negroponte)
...South Korea, is telling the truth about Iran-contra. Mr Bush's...for-the-contras deal while visiting...charge of European affairs, had leaked...the Nicaraguan contras. Mr Gregg further...resupply of the ... |
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Iran-Contra Concerns Hurting Bush, Poll Finds; Dole Trims Margin; Jackson...
...concern over the impact of the Iran-contra affair on the Reagan administration...demonstrated in several ways that the Iran-contra affair is damaging...Republicans who say Bush has been telling the ... |
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REAGAN SAYS HE MAY HAVE DISCUSSED HOSTAGE PAYOFFS
...businessmen to help the contras and maintain...state for Asian affairs, told the Iran-contra committees on...Reagan has not been telling the truth about the Iran-contra ... |
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Drawing in the Key Players; Testimony Puts Some More Firmly in `Ollie's Dragnet'
...representatives of Iran. But, he insisted...this time he was telling the truth about the Iran-contra affair. Part of his...in the Iran and contra operations more...support for the ... |
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