The Nation - News from Feb. 17, 1987
The Senate Intelligence Committee will closely question Robert M. Gates, nominated to become director of the CIA, about his role in the agency’s involvement in U.S. arms sales to Iran and his response to indications of the diversion of funds to Nicaragua’s contras, a committee aide said. The panel has scheduled a hearing for today into President Reagan’s nomination of Gates, now the CIA’s deputy director, to succeed William J. Casey, who had brain cancer surgery Dec. 18 and resigned Feb 2. A committee vote on the nomination is not expected until March.
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