Word: wrights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Asked if he disputed Wright's assertions, the president said, "If I start going down that road, then I'm creating the same violation that...
Reagan's chief spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater, also refused to confirm or deny Wright's statements. But Fitzwater said the Texas Democrat "has always been more than willing to take the positions" of the Marxist government headed by President Daniel Ortega...
...Wright said Tuesday that Congress had received "clear testimony" that the administration sought to secretly undermine the Nicaraguan peacemaking process, thus damaging long-term prospects for an accord between Ortega's ruling Sandinistas and the Contra rebels...
...Wright told reporters the CIA has employed agents covertly in Nicaragua to organize and promote antigovernment rallies and protests...
Asked if he thought Wright had abused a process in which the executive branch shares secret intelligence information with selected congressional leaders, Reagan said, "I just say it's common sense to not discuss anything having to do with intelligence operations and so forth...