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...main lines of questioning: 1) Had he used his position as the President's brother to influence U.S. policy toward Libya, a radical country with which Washington maintains subzero relations? 2) What were the details involving the $220,000 that he had received from a Libyan bank? In nine hours of testimony over two days, the Senators learned little that was new about either matter. Billy confirmed that he had visited Libya in 1978 and again the following year; he had played host, in turn, to a Libyan delegation to Georgia in January 1979; he had tried to arrange...
Jimmy Carter, the 38th man in this procession, went somberly and with weighted shoulders before the television cameras (nudging out M*A*S*H) to spend an hour attempting to untangle himself and his Administration from the clumsy conniving of his brother Billy for Libyan oil and a vision of millions in commissions...
While Carter's spirited defense added little to what was already known, it did persuade millions of television viewers that there was nothing illegal or unethical in the way he had handled the affair of Billy and his Libyan friends. Republican Senator Robert Dole, a member of the investigating subcommittee, declared: "If it all turns out just like it is in the [President's] report, we can all endorse the report and go home." But Dole made it clear that he still had some questions...
...President conceded that he had thought that Billy might have been trying to make money from his Libyan friends. But he insisted that he did not learn until July 15 of this year that Billy had received any money from his Libya connections. Yet during the many months that Carter wondered whether Billy had a financial motive in courting Libya, the President apparently never even phoned his brother to discuss the matter. Upon learning of the payments, he failed to ask Billy what he had done with the cash...
...established relations with Egypt, but unofficial contacts are increasing. Sadat still sometimes heaps scorn on his erstwhile Arab brothers, but he has warned Egypt's newspapers not to make unnecessary attacks on the Saudis, and in recent weeks has directed most of his vitriol against Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi and Syrian President Hafez Assad...