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...State Department memo, obtained by The Associated Press, said an "emergency payment" of about $13,000 to International Business Communications was "of utmost importance, not just to the department, but to the White House and the NSC [National Security Council...
This interest flowed from two parallel developments between January and April 1985. First, U.S. government aid to the Contras had run out and "elements of the NSC staff focused their efforts on strategies for repackaging the Contra program to increase support on Capitol Hill," according to the Tower Commission...
...chances for Senate confirmation were looking dim. In Gates' place Reagan nominated FBI Director William Webster, a former judge who is widely respected for his integrity. By selecting Webster, the President won the same bipartisan kudos he had received for the appointments of Baker and recently installed NSC Director Frank Carlucci. Significantly, none of the three is a red-white-and-blue Reaganite. All are notably cool, nonideological pragmatists...
Since the Tower commission could not answer the question of what happened to the funds diverted to the contras, Reagan hardly discussed the matter, simply expressing confidence that the "truth will come out." He did not address a central finding of the report, that NSC officials secretly managed the contra war effort at a time when U.S. law prohibited U.S. military assistance to the rebels. As he has done previously, Reagan assured his audience that "I didn't know about any diversion of funds to the contras," adding, however, that "as President, I cannot escape responsibility...
...masterly speech and an influx of experienced men in key posts revitalize the embattled Administration. New Chief of Staff Howard Baker scores a hit at the White House and on Capitol Hill. William Webster prepares to head the CIA, while Frank Carlucci rebuilds the NSC. Yet a full recovery is threatened by ongoing investigations of the scandal' s damning details. See NATION...