Word: iran-contra
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Dates: during 1986-1986
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Nixon elaborated on his views about the Iran-contra affair in public last week, during a speech to Republican Governors gathered in Parsippany, N.J. He chided those sniping at the President, declaring, "His critics should get off his back so that the President does not lose two precious years in his quest for peace. Don't, don't weaken...
...burly bodyguards to take the witness chair in Room 2118 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Staring down at him from their two rows of seats, the members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee itched to ask their questions. If anyone should know the dark secrets behind the Iran-contra connection, this was the man. He heads all of the nation's intelligence agencies. He has a special fondness for clandestine operations. He holds Cabinet rank and sits on the National Security Council, and his advice and friendship are deeply valued by the President. The huge oaken doors...
...retained a fondness for covert activities, and his reputation and elan have made him a hero within the agency. Yet the high morale at the CIA is in danger of evaporating as Iranscam unravels. Says one friend: "Everything that Bill Casey has achieved could be destroyed by the Iran-contra connection...
...diplomatic eyes were on Shultz. The Secretary's agenda listed a variety of arms-control issues, but he was clearly there to hold European hands and soothe European fears about the stability of American foreign policy in the wake of the Iran-contra arms scandal. "I have a rebuilding job to do," he told reporters. Shultz, who has made his dissent from the Iran policy well known, had the unenviable task of persuading the allies that the investigations have not seriously hampered President Reagan's ability to manage U.S. foreign policy...
...behavior was a response to a Sandinista attack on Honduran outposts in which three Honduran soldiers were injured and two taken prisoner. Under different circumstances, Azcona might have overlooked the Nicaraguan indiscretion, just as he has ignored more than 60 other Sandinista incursions this year alone. But with the Iran-contra scandal swirling in Washington, the Honduran President was plainly seeking reassurance from the White House. His appeal for U.S. help seemed designed to gauge whether the arms scandal had shaken the Reagan Administration's support for the rebels. More important, it tested U.S. resolve to come...