Word: contra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--Congressional hearings on the Iran-Contra affair will begin May 5, and former Reagan administration officials John Poindexter and Oliver North could testify publicly in early June under a tentative agreement with the office of independent counsel Lawrence Walsh, sorces said yesterday...
...same time, sources disclosed that House and Senate investigating committees intend to vote today for limited immunity for at least four people in the affair. They include Richard Gadd and Robert Owen, two men who were involved in once-secret efforts to aid the Contra rebels fighting the Nicaraguan government...
...President's first confrontation with the new Congress could come immediately. Last week Reagan made a formal request to the lawmakers to release the last installment of $100 million in aid that was granted to the Nicaraguan contras in 1986. To win the release of the $40 million, the Administration had to certify that peaceful efforts to reform Nicaragua's Marxist Sandinista regime have been futile. Congressional Democrats hope to counter Reagan's move by imposing a moratorium on any further contra aid until the Administration accounts for money that has already been sent to the rebels, including the funds...
Ronald Reagan is not necessarily doomed to repeat the dispiriting pattern of failure that has hounded too many recent Presidents. If the Iran-contra scandal has left many Americans uneasy about Reagan's grip on his job, last week's performance demonstrated that the still popular President retains at least some of his powers. But if he is to recoup, he will have to resist his tendency to rely on theatrics rather than hard work. As the President and the First Lady departed for Camp David last week, Reagan cheerfully bantered with a group of young supporters. Talking about...
Both Gorbachev and Reagan, of course, have their own personal reasons for wanting a deal. For Reagan, an arms-control accord could prove to be the ticket out of his Iran-contra doldrums, restoring a golden hue to his tarnished presidency. For Gorbachev, stable relations with the U.S. are essential if he is to have the time, energy and authority to concentrate on the internal reforms he is attempting. Masterly communicators, the two leaders have created a public perception that an agreement may be within reach. "The most important thing," says a senior U.S. official, "is that arms control...