Word: contra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...necessarily the healthy. It is bad enough that Hart's personal life has captured our attention in the way that it has. It is far worse that nothing else can concern us in the same way. Richard Secord's joking reminder to the committee investigating the Iran-Contra scandal that at least he was not on Bimini is a sad indication of our citizenry's misplaced priorities. It reminds us that most Americans would prefer a president who supports the endless murder of the innocent to a president who commits adultery...
...special tour last September was disclosed Monday night by retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Secord, who worked closely with North on Iranian arms sales and funding for the Nicaraguan Contra rebels...
...Iran- contra hearings begin, the White House feels the heat...
With a surprise opening witness, a select congressional committee explores a secret privatization of foreign policy designed to defy Capitol Hill on contra aid. -- The first criminal casualty of the affair pleads guilty and points a finger at Oliver North. -- A varied cast of characters get ready to face a grilling. -- New social clubs offer AIDS screening for jittery singles...
Over the next three or so months, the congressional committee investigating the Iran-contra affair will hear from 35 to 50 witnesses as it struggles to unravel the worst foreign policy scandal of the decade. Major congressional hearings are never predictable; during Watergate a minor witness revealed the White House taping system. As the hearings open, these are the key witnesses...