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...hostages was discussed, and, according to George Shultz's account, did not oppose the notion. But he was more generally in favor of the strategy of using arms shipments to establish a relationship with "moderate" elements in Iran. Although Bush is one of four statutory members of the NSC, the conclusion was that he had no management responsibility in the affair. Said Member Edmund Muskie: "There were at most three meetings of the NSC to consider this policy, its consequences, its progress, its results and its problems. So there were too few meetings at which Bush and the other members...
Appointed in early December to examine the structure of the NSC, the panel turned into an aggressive inquisition on the Iran-contra affair. Former Texas Senator John Tower, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and former Maine Senator and Secretary of State Edmund Muskie reached their conclusions with resounding unanimity after taking testimony from some 80 witnesses and reviewing thousands of documents, including a treasure trove of NSC computer messages notable for, among other things, their frequent misspellings...
...were deliberately excluded because the people there [at the NSC] who wanted to pursue this policy didn't want the President to hear advice to the contrary," he said...
Weinberger praised Reagan's speech Wednesday night, in which the chief executive accepted responsibility for the Iran-contra affair and pledged to adopt the Tower Commission's recommendations for restructuring the NSC...
Weinberger praised the appointment of Frank C. Carlucci to head the NSC, and he said that William Webster's nomination for the top job at the CIA was "absolutely perfect." Both Carlucci and Webster will take over agencies implicated by Iran-contra controversy...