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...begin with the granddaddy of Bush's ethical difficulties--his mysterious role in the Iran-contra debacle. Bush has said that he was out of the loop with respect to the diversion of funds from arms sales to the contras. We can take the president at his word on this, even though Bush's position at the time on the National Security Council and his close contact with those involved makes his assertions a little hard to believe...
...attend religious services because "I pose a ((security)) threat to several hundred people if I go to church"). This performance prompted fears that at 73 Reagan was too old and doddering for the office. Given the record of his second term (his fogginess on the details of < Iran-contra, Nancy Reagan's astrologer), these turned out to be legitimate concerns. But they vanished in the second debate as soon as Reagan delivered his practiced crack that he had no plans to "exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience." What was ironic was that Reagan's closing statement...
BEFORE CONSENTING TO BE INTERVIEWED ON SEVERAL NEWS shows lately, PRESIDENT BUSH has demanded that reporters not ask him about his involvement in Iran- contra. Good Morning America agreed to ask only about crime, health care and taxes; Bush appeared three times last week. Meet the Press refused to agree to any limitations and has yet to land an interview. Says Tim Russert, moderator of Meet the Press: "We just can't let the President set the ground rules for an interview...
Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has won a big one in the legal wrangles leading toward his trial in connection with the Iran-contra affair. Federal Judge Thomas Hogan in Washington dismissed a critical count charging Weinberger with obstruction of Congress in concealing the existence of more than 1,700 pages of handwritten notes taken during key meetings in 1985 and 1986. Weinberger still faces counts of lying to Congress about Saudi financial support for the contras and delivery of U.S. missiles to Iran...
...Iran-contra. The credibility of Bush's repeated insistence that he was "not in the loop" on the arms-for-hostages deal has been steadily eroded. Documents revealed in early September suggest that despite his claims to the contrary, Bush knew in early 1986 of objections to the sale by Secretary of State George Shultz and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger...