Questions Inquiry Seeks to Answer
Here are the key questions that Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) said the Iran- contra hearings are trying to answer:
--Were the statutory restrictions on U.S. aid to the contras violated?
--Was Congress misled?
--Were the executive branch’s own internal checks and balances bypassed in policy decisions on Nicaragua and Iran?
--Was there a public foreign policy and, simultaneously, a very different covert foreign policy?
--Was American foreign policy turned over to people outside the government?
--Were national security decisions driven or influenced by private profit motives?
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