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Did the General Lie to Congress?
Corn, David | October 23, 1995 issue

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The article focuses on General Colin Powell and the Iran/contra affair of 1987. General Powell is defined by the word "trust." So pronounces eminent historian Stephen Ambrose, a Powell-for-President booster. Colin Powell's champions are trying to sell the retired general as someone who resides far above the realm of petty, squabbling, double-talking politicians. But the way he dealt with a previous scandal suggests that Powell, in a pinch, might behave like those very politicians his supporters scorn, for in that instance he engaged in the usual pattern of denial, revision and backpedaling. This test case concerns a small but significant slice of the Iran/contra affair.

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POWELL, Colin L.; VETERANS; SCANDALS; POLITICIANS; DENIAL (Psychology); AMBROSE, Stephen
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