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WASHINGTON--The Iran-Contra hearings turned combative yesterday with leadoff witness Richard V. Secord snapping, "I didn't come here voluntarily to be badgered," as he was peppered with questions about profiteering in secret arms sales to Iran and to Nicaraguan rebels...
...nationally broadcast House-Senate inquiry, in its third day, was transformed from a relaxed proceeding to a confrontational session when Senate chief counsel Arthur I. Liman and committee members pressed Secord repeatedly on his financial interest in the deals. Secord insisted he did not profit...
...Secord also echoed statements he made Wednesday about White House involvement, saying, "It was my belief that the President of the United States was well aware of what we were doing...
...Secord testified on Wednesday that fired White House national security aide Lt. Col. Oliver North told him the President knew of the diversion of Iran arms sales money for that purpose...
Reagan said he knew that Secord, "as a private citizen, was engaged with other private citizens in trying to get aid to the Contras...