Word: toweringly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan had refused to speak out on the crisis that swirled about him. Since the diversion of Iran arms profits to the Nicaraguan contras was disclosed last Thanksgiving week, the President had made only one major public appearance: his recycled State of the Union address in January. But the Tower commission's report, with its damning disclosures of ineptitude and malfeasance, seemed to serve as a catharsis for the White House. Finally, now that the Administration's sins had been exposed, the President was forced to act decisively, beginning with the ouster the following day of Chief of Staff Donald...
...easygoing manner was received almost as a savior in the siege-ridden White House. Baker quickly installed his own team and tried to thaw the frosty relations between the Administration and his old colleagues on Capitol Hill. "We were lucky the change in personnel came almost simultaneously with the Tower report and the speech," said a Reagan aide. "It enabled us to appear to get a completely fresh start...
Parvin first met with the President the day after the Tower report was released. Reagan had read only about a third of the document, but he was able to give Parvin a sense of what he wanted to say. While he did not substantially alter the work the following week, the President added a few important flourishes. "It was a personal speech," said a White House source, "so it had to come from...
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...
...President repeated the assertion he made to the Tower commission that "no one kept proper records of meetings or decisions," and without such records he could not remember whether he had approved the initial Israeli arms shipment to Iran before or after it occurred. Said Reagan: "I did approve it; I just can't say specifically when...