LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Irangate hearings

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:50

Description

Report on the first day of testimony of Irangate (Iran-Contra affair) hearings in Washington DC. Includes evidence of Major-General Richard Secord criticising Attorney General, Edwin Meese; role of Colonel Oliver North; interview with Senator Lee Hamilton; press statement by President Ronald Reagan. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan; Richard Secord; Lee Hamilton

Keywords

USA; Iran; Arms sales; Military affairs; Trials; Political scandals; Washington DC; Oliver North; Edwin Meese

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