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...good sign," said National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger even refused to confirm that the attack had occurred. Said he: "Our whole effort here is not to provoke, not to get into a war, not to do anything of the kind." White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater perfectly captured the absurdity of the Administration's refusal to talk about the episode. After acknowledging that "the President was informed soon after the incident happened," Fitzwater declined to elaborate on the "incident that I'm not confirming...
Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, confirming a disclosure Wednesday by Contra official Alfredo Cesar, said Reagan will meet with the entire six-member directorate of the Nicaraguan opposition...
Reagan will deliver a speech on the Iran-Contra affair next week, on a day still unspecified, but spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the president does not intend to "go into every detail" about the testimony which was spread over three months of hearings...
...White House denies that Reagan is discussing pardons -- at least now. Pointing out that the hearings are still in progress and that neither Poindexter nor North has been indicted, Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said, "We just don't feel this is the appropriate time to be talking about pardons." A reporter asked Fitzwater if he was "slamming the door" on possible pardons ) should the two men be indicted or convicted. "I'm not touching the door," the spokesman retorted. "I wouldn't go within 40 yards of that door...
...long-demoralized contra backers at the White House and State Department to mount a new campaign for aid. As a Washington Post/ABC News poll indicated that public support for military aid to the contras rose to 43% on July 15, from 29% on June 1, White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater called North's testimony "helpful." President Reagan echoed North in his weekly radio commentary. "The American people are tired of the off-on again policy in Central America," he said...