Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...boss Robert McFarlane says President Reagan approved the first hostage-rescue plan, and Reagan has a dim recollection of some such conversation -- though he insists that he "never thought of that as ransom." Only garbled portions of the story have become public, but Republican Senator Paul Trible of Virginia, who has been looking into the affair, and Government officials involved helped TIME piece together this account...
...general's ire may reflect his concern over the damage that recent testimony has done to his reputation. Last week several members of the congressional committees ridiculed Secord's claims that he was not in the arms trade for the money. Said Republican Senator Paul Trible of Virginia: "Secord and his companions were profiteers amassing huge sums over which they had complete control. They were also pursuing investments requiring millions of dollars. This doesn't rule out their being patriots as well. But to pose as selfless patriots alone is ludicrous...
...Virginia Beach...
...Attorney General Edwin Meese made public the Iran- contra connection and North was fired from the National Security Council staff, North and Secord met in a Virginia hotel room that Secord had rented to talk things over. North received two phone calls: the first from Vice President George Bush, the second from the President who had just dismissed him. (North, a Marine lieutenant colonel, stood at attention to receive the call from Reagan.) So far as Secord could tell, both expressed regret and thanked North for his efforts...
...Casey to aid the contras. In response, Republican Senator Warren Rudman of New Hampshire sternly warned the erstwhile covert operator that he did not have a "right to send that money anywhere. That money belongs to the people of the United States." A G.O.P. Senate colleague, Paul Trible of Virginia, told Secord later, "I think you're both patriot and profiteer...