Word: brent
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Appointed in early December to examine the structure of the NSC, the panel turned into an aggressive inquisition on the Iran-contra affair. Former Texas Senator John Tower, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and former Maine Senator and Secretary of State Edmund Muskie reached their conclusions with resounding unanimity after taking testimony from some 80 witnesses and reviewing thousands of documents, including a treasure trove of NSC computer messages notable for, among other things, their frequent misspellings...
...commission. Although North made himself into the point man for Iranscam's excesses, the Tower commission blames Poindexter for failing to restrain his aide in carrying out what were, after all, presidential policies. "Poindexter's own bent for operations aided and abetted rather than compensated for North," Commission Member Brent Scowcroft told TIME. "There's nothing wrong with having a 'cowboy' working for you, but you have to keep the reins tight...
...three members of the commission -- Tower, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie -- called on McFarlane last Thursday in Bethesda Naval Hospital. McFarlane has been confined there since Feb. 9, after he attempted suicide by swallowing an overdose of Valium. The session in a conference room adjoining the presidential suite was stilted: the four men know each other well, but they took pains to speak formally as investigators and witness. McFarlane addressed Tower as "Senator" and Muskie as "Mr. Secretary...
...three commission members (Tower plus former Secretary of State Ed Muskie and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft) and their staff of 21 interviewed 56 witnesses, including the three former Presidents and Reagan, who in two hours and 25 minutes of questioning cracked only one joke, an epoch of solemnity. Transcripts of other sessions are encyclopedic. Extracting the critical facts in three months, an investigative equivalent of the 40-yard dash, often kept the staff on duty through weekends and into the early hours...
...Woodley, who'll miss dear Brent Martin...