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...consultant for Prince Bandar, who is the Saudi Ambassador to Washington. Tyson left in March 1983 to work for Khashoggi. The tortuous trail left by both North and Secord, now a retired Air Force general, touches virtually every mysterious point of action in the entire Iran-contra affair...
Despite the continuing revelations and uproar, Reagan fervently believes that his Administration can recover from this crisis, that there is still a reservoir of affection for him. Last week he took his firmest step yet toward coming to grips with the affair. Avoiding the befuddlement and bitterness that had marked his earlier statements on the scandal, he delivered a terse four-minute address from the Oval Office on Tuesday in which he 1) announced the choice of a distinguished new National Security Adviser; 2) urged the naming of an independent counsel to investigate the affair; 3) supported congressional requests...
...moment there seemed to be a sigh of relief. The choice of Frank Carlucci, an experienced and capable diplomat and Government official, to head the National Security Council received widespread bipartisan plaudits. And by calling for a special prosecutor to look at all aspects of the affair, the Administration seemed to be signaling that it was eager to avoid any appearance of a cover...
...early promoter of establishing contacts with Iran, did respond to Senate interrogators, but he cast doubt on Reagan's claims about what the President knew and when he knew it. As a flood of disclosures about North's secret arms network fueled fascination with details of the bizarre affair, Congressmen intensified calls for the heads of others who may have been in on the scam...
...governing had changed the public's perception of leadership. Now it is likely the electorate will yearn for a candidate who not only has a vision for the nation but promises to bring to bear the hands-on managerial competence that was so lacking in the Iran-contra affair...