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WASHINGTON--The Justice Department came to Oliver L. North's defense yesterday by objecting to the Iran-Contra prosecutor's argument that the former presidential aide defrauded Congress' powers over foreign affairs...
...friend-of-the-court brief filed in federal court, the department attacked independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh's theory that North and three codefendants obstructed Congressional oversight "through deceit and concealment" of their clandestine support of the Nicaraguan Contra rebels...
AFTER they regained control of the Senate in 1986, Democrats recognized that they could pursue a legislative agenda of their own, independent of Presidential initiative. The Democratic Congress passed a catastrophic-illness bill, a trade bill, plant closing legislation, sanctions against South Africa, and restrictions on contra aid, despite Reagan's opposition...
Much of the lowering in voters' standards, however, can be traced to the abuses of power that have transformed the presidency. Watergate, the hostage crisis, the Iran-contra affair--all contributed to diminished expectations of the president, Reese says...
...first installment of the series, depicting Fallon's rise, was sharply satiric and surprisingly topical. There were references to Iran-Contra and Gary Hart scandals. This segment lived up to its commercials touting a show "taken from today's headlines." When President Samuel Baker (James Whitmore) asks his aide what Fallon is made of, he is told, "The same thing all good running mates are made...