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The House continued debate on bills and amendments. This program starts in progress. CR, pp. H11117-H11231.

Several of the Republican members of the Iran-Contra Select Committees gathered to announce that they were releasing a separate minority report which they believed was less punitive and prov…

Representative Dick Cheney of Wyoming (R) spoke to the Rubber Manufactures Association talked about some of the issues facing the United States in the coming months and years. Some of the is…

Secretary Caspar Weinberger was questioned further about his opposition to arms sales to Iran. Secretary Weinberger says that the transfer of U.S. arms by Israel, without official U.S. permi…

Casper Weinberger testified that he argued strongly against selling arms to Iran and that the decision to do so was based in part on incorrect intelligence indicating Iran was losing their w…

Donald Regan testified that he was generally aware of the Iran initiative but that he was not aware of diversion of arms sale profits to the Contras. He described President Ronald Reagan as …

Attorney General Edwin Meese III answered questions from committee members on his questioning of Oliver North and John Poindexter and his report of the diversion scheme to President Ronald R…

Attorney General Edwin Meese III described his November 1986 investigation, at President Ronald Reagan’s request, into the Iran-Contra affair. Attorney General Meese answered questions about…

Secretary of State George Shultz testified before the committee. In responding to a committee member’s question comparing Iran-Contra to Watergate, Secretary of State George Shultz commented…

Answering questions from committee members, Mr. Poindexter said that the problem with the Iran initiative was in the exposure rather than the policy. He maintained that President Reagan’s cr…

Poindexter testifies that President Reagan signed a retroactive finding, prepared by the CIA, concerning the sale of arms to Iran. Poindexter also says that he destroyed the finding when the…

Colonel Oliver North answered questions about complications in negotiations with Iranian officials. North also testified that he spoke with CIA Director Casey about the formation of an organ…

Stanley Sporkin testified concerning the drafting of two presidential findings that authorized selling arms to Iran.

Fawn Hall testified further concerning the changing of documents. Representative Lee Hamilton then concluded the first phase of the Iran-Contra hearings by reviewing the revelations of the t…

Bretton Sciaroni testified concerning an investigation he conducted for the Intelligence Oversight Board which concluded that the National Security Council had not raised funds for or given …

Felix Rodriguez answered questions about his discussion of the Contra supply network with Donald Gregg, an aide to Vice President George Bush. Mr. Rodriguez was concerned that people associa…

Robert Owen was questioned further about his activities for Oliver North. He ended his testimony by reading a poem praising Oliver North and the Contras.

Robert McFarlane was questioned about President Ronald Reagan’s knowledge of Oliver North’s activities. Mr. McFarlane testified that Colonel Oliver North seemed to be in regular contact with…

Major General Richard Secord answered questions about meetings he had with Oliver North after the Justice Department initiated its Iran-contra investigation in November 1986. He also discuss…

The proceedings began with opening statements from Senate and House committee members, including chairmen Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and Representative Lee Hamilton (D-IN). After two hours…