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"A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. As the Tower board reported, what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages. This runs counter to my own beliefs, to administration policy, and to the original strategy we had in mind."

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Yes - Reagan began the deal to try to redeem the lives of hostages and it turned bad. Those we dealt with did the same as muzzies and Dems do all the time and did not stick to the deal. The history of the whole deal (other than little excerpts to be found here and there, many generated by/with the MSM) is pretty fascinating.