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Reagan had insisted on waiting for the release of the Tower report before facing the public on Iranscam, and he used the document as a guide for his comments. The President once again depicted himself as an innocent bystander in the Iran-contra affair, accepting responsibility for actions that took place "without my knowledge." Reagan said he "had to hunt pretty hard to find any good news in the board's report," but patted himself on the back by citing a sentence he was "relieved" to find in the 288-page document: "The President does indeed want the full story...
...Tower report are likely to continue. He might be forced to confront two remaining aides who have been criticized for their behavior in the Iran initiative. Secretary of State George Shultz and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger objected last week to the Tower report's critique of their performance in Iranscam. According to the document, the two officials "simply distanced themselves from the program. They protected the record as to their own positions on this issue. They were not energetic in attempting to protect the President from the consequences of his personal commitment to freeing the hostages...
...President is to get beyond the Iran scandal, he will have to concentrate on the second half of the remedy suggested to him last fall by Richard Nixon: fire two or three more people involved, and then change the subject. As televised congressional hearings on Iranscam get under way next month and Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh prepares possible indictments against former White House officials, the Administration could be hard pressed to find a subject that will compete for the public's attention. An arms treaty with the Soviet Union, signed at a summit conference in the U.S. with Gorbachev, undoubtedly...
...anticipation as lawmakers from both parties wait to see how the power dynamic will change in the coming legislative battles. Since the start of the 100th Congress in January, the Democrats have snatched the political agenda from the Republicans. In addition to forming two special committees to investigate Iranscam, the resurgent Democrats have been challenging Reagan on Central American policy, arms control, taxes, trade issues, the clean-water bill, aid for the homeless. As the White House hunkered down, G.O.P. congressional unity started crumbling. , "The effect was devastating," said Representative Lynn Martin of Illinois, vice chairman of the House Republican...
...Iranscam and vows to move forward...