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normally a Reagan supporter, opposed immunity. “My view is they don’t need immunity. They ought to come up here and tell what they know. They owe it to the President They owe it to the country,” he said. Both the senate and House intelligence committees continue their investigation today with closed hearings. The White House Chief-of-Staff, Donald Regan; Secretary of Defence, Caspar Weinberger; and a businessman who reportedly helped finance some of the weapons shipments, Roy Furmark, are scheduled to appear be-
fore the House panel. A former National Security Adviser, Robert McFarlane, is being recalled by the Senate. Both panels will be superceded by two new select, or special, committees that are expected to have broad powers. Leaders in the Senate, which will be controlled by the Democrats when it convenes on January 6, have appointed an 11member select panel headed by a Hawaii Democrat, Daniel Inouye. House leaders have named a 15-member committee chaired by an Indiana Democrat, Lee Hamilton.
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