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Article: A PRIMER // Iran arms inquiry // What did we learn, when did we learnit, and why should we care?
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 7, 1986
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The stage is now set for the greatest Capitol Hill extravaganza
since Watergate: a double-barreled inquiry into the Iran-contra
scandal that has rocked the Reagan presidency and shocked the nation
and the world.
Two committees, one in the Senate and one in the House, will
begin separate hearings early next year - mostly open and televised -
with a cast of prominent political performers, conceivably including
even President Reagan himself.
Armed with subpoena power to compel attendance and oath-taking
power to punish false witness, the two panels are in the best
possible position to dig fact out of the muddle of confusion and
supposition that exists today.
The starting point of their ...