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Questioning of Oliver North continued, with many members of the committee making statements concerning patriotism, democracy, and the lessons of the Iran-Contra affair.

The Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from the further consideration of S.J. Res. 338, to designate August 1, 1988, as “Helsinki Human Rights Day,” and the joint resolution was then …

CR, pp. S7331-S7457. By a vote of 61 to 37 the Senate failed to override the president’s veto of H.R. 3, the Omnibus Trade Bill. By a vote of 87 to 11, the Senate agreed to the conference re…

CR, pp. S6697-S6870. The Senate continued consideration of the INF Treaty.

Maynard Glitman testified on the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

Secretary of State George Shultz testified before the Senate Foreign Relations committee about a treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to phase out intermediate-range nuclear forces (…

Senators offered their thoughts on the report released by the House and Senate committees on the Iran-Contra affair and what changes the report may bring about. The senators also answered qu…

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…

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…

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…

Retired Air Force Colonel Robert Dutton gave details about the logistics of the Contra supply operation. He also discussed the photo album that he prepared of the supply operation. He testif…

Senator Sarbanes and Senator Trible discussed the Iran-Contra hearings and answered questions from viewers. Note: Program starts in progress.

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…