Word: towers
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...illegally and therefore should be impeached. First, there is no proof yet that any of the President's actions actually violated the law. The aspect of the Iran-contra affair most likely to be found illegal is the diversion of funds to the contras without Congressional approval. However, the Tower investigation was unable to find any evidence proving that this in fact had occurred. In calling so eagerly for the President's removal from office, The Crimson does nothing to further the process of fact-finding...
...purportedly illegal diversion of funds from Iranian arms sales to the Nicaraguan contra rebels. Ronald Reagan has denied any knowledge of the labyrinthine transfer, via Swiss bank accounts, of at least $23 million to the contras. The President repeated his denial during last week's televised speech, and the Tower commission discovered nothing that directly contradicted his assertion...
...told the Tower board, I didn't know about any diversion of funds to the contras. But as President, I cannot escape responsibility...
Forward momentum was something Reagan desperately needed after months adrift in the Iran-contra scandal and the devastating report from the Tower commission depicting an inattentive President surrounded by reckless advisers. The President's response to the report, and his widely applauded appointments of a new White House chief of staff and CIA director to go along with his new National Security Adviser, gave a boost to an Administration that had been foundering. Though it failed to address several of the more troubling aspects of Iranscam, the meticulously crafted twelve-minute speech showed that Reagan recognized the severity...
...excellent speech," said New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, "but no mere speech can dispel the doubts raised by the Iran-contra affair. Only time will tell whether the President has asserted control over the foreign policy of our nation." Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank was even blunter. "The Tower commission," said Frank, "did not find Reagan a lousy orator; they found him a lousy President...