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Retired Admiral John Poindexter, Ronald Reagan's National Security Adviser, helped weave the Iran-contra web that ensnared him, yet there was little enthusiasm in Washington last week at his reckoning. He has legal bills of more than $3 million, has seen four years of his life wasted, and now has been sentenced to six months in jail. Chances are slim for a successful appeal of his convictions for deceiving Congress. A presidential pardon is even more remote. Poindexter is the seventh person found guilty in this sad drama and the only one so far to be ordered to jail...
...dream inspired by that living Marlboro Man, Ronald Reagan. The irony, of course, is that none of the dilemmas that confront the U.S. today were unforeseeable a decade ago. The education crisis in the cities, the research lag of domestic industry in international competition, the savings and loans bankruptcies, Iran-Contra, even the public deficit, all stem from neglect...
...going to deal, and we are not going to negotiate." The Administration believes any accommodation of the demands for reciprocity would only raise the ante for the release of the others. Bush is particularly sensitive about offering any payoff because he was nearly burned by the Iran-contra affair. He was not even willing to send Assistant Secretary of State John Kelly to Damascus to arrange Polhill's release for fear Kelly might be drawn into negotiating with the kidnapers...
...Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, to fly to the Syrian capital of Damascus "to coordinate some final steps to guarantee success within 48 hours." Their note also cited unspecified "reciprocal moves" that they expected from the U.S. That was too much for an Administration mindful of the Iran-contra debacle and determined to avoid being drawn into negotiations with the kidnapers. At a press conference in Key Largo, Fla., where he had flown to discuss European affairs with French President Francois Mitterrand, George Bush would not budge. "The U.S. position is clear," he said with a decided edge...
...compromises on acid rain and auto emissions leave environmentalists and business still squabbling. -- Muslim Comeback: The fight against crime and drugs gives new clout to the Nation of Islam. -- Iran-Contra: Poindexter is the scandal's ultimate fall...