Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D. C. : Inquiry Into Alleged Hostage Deal Pushed
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Senate subcommittee hired attorney Reid Weingarten to investigate an alleged deal between the Reagan-Bush campaign and Iran to delay the release of 52 American hostages until after the 1980 elections. The naming of a special counsel means the probe is going ahead over GOP objections. Congress adjourned last month without acting on an allocation of $600,000 to hire new staff for the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on the Near East and pay costs of a full investigation.
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