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After eleven weeks of testimony from 28 witnesses, the congressional committees probing the Iran-contra affair finally heard from the investigator who brought the scandal to light and the official who presided over the White House staff while the ill-conceived policy was unfolding. Neither Attorney General Edwin Meese nor former Chief of Staff Don Regan did much to shake the devastating portrait that has emerged from the hearings of a secret foreign- policy apparatus run amuck and key officials more concerned with pulling together a convincing alibi than getting to the bottom of the tangled tale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Very Difficult to Accept | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

Meese's account of his four-day inquiry into the Administration's arms-for- hostages deals with Iran last November added little to the bafflingly incomplete picture that he presented last fall. Smugly defending his effort, Meese proclaimed, "We were able to piece together a basic outline of what is now known as the Iran-contra story, which has been essentially validated during the extensive investigations which have occurred since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Very Difficult to Accept | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

...type that likes to go around firing people," Regan quipped, "That's an ironic statement coming from me." It was clear that Regan had less of a grip on the White House than was once believed. He was kept in the dark about much of the Iran-contra affair. Playing off a question about the proper role of a "fall guy" protecting a | superior from embarrassment, Regan produced one of the hearings' memorable lines: "I don't mind spears in the breast. It's knives in the back that concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Very Difficult to Accept | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

...Contra's manufacturer, Illinois-based Konami, insists that the name was chosen last October, long before the Iran-contra affair hit the headlines, and that the game's success is based mainly on its exciting electronic action. But it certainly does not hurt sales to have the name of the game mentioned on TV dozens of times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GAMES: This Contra Wants 25 cents | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

Appointed by President Reagan shortly after the Iran-Contra affair becamepublic, the Tower Commission issued a reportearlier this year criticizing the Administration'sfaulty policymaking and the President's"management style," which left him removed fromkey decisions...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Profs Say Hearings Helpful | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

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