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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
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  3. Message-ID: <POLITICS%92123010000253@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
  5. Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 09:53:48 EST
  6. Sender:       Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
  7. From:         K=A*T <MEC038@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
  8. Subject:      Re: well, pardon me!, Version 5
  9. In-Reply-To:  Message of Tue,
  10.               29 Dec 1992 16:04:58 PST from <jfisher@NETXWEST.COM>
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  13. From:         Jonathan Fisher <jfisher@NETXWEST.COM>
  14.  
  15. > This contradicts a widely-publized note which Weinberger wrote after
  16. > a meeting with the president, which I detailed in a previous post.
  17. > To summarize it, Weinberger told the president that selling arms
  18. > to Iran was illegal and the president said that he realized this
  19. > but he wanted to get out the hostages.
  20.  
  21. One additional point: over the weekend Weinberger said that when he said
  22. that the deal was illegal, he didn't know that the President had
  23. secretly issued a "Finding" basically allowing such a transaction.
  24.  
  25. > Jonathan
  26.  
  27. --KAT
  28.