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Article: Haig Running to Take Charge; Blustery General Tries for Calmer Image Series: THE '88 ASPIRANTS: Resumes and Reputations Series Number: OCC
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- The Washington Post
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- January 30, 1988
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The day the Iran-contra affair blossomed into a full-blown
scandal, Nov. 25, 1986, Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. telephoned White
House chief of staff Donald T. Regan to offer some damage-control
advice.
President Reagan should go before the American people in a
televised speech, Haig said. He should take reponsibility for the
scandal and announce mass firings of such misguided underlings as
national security adviser John M. Poindexter and National Security
Council aide Oliver L. North as well as "a couple of Cabinet
officers" who publicly opposed the Iran initiative after the fact.
And he should announce his refusal to appoint a special prosecutor or
allow congressional hearings.
Reagan, Haig ...
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