Tom Harkin's 'questions and doubts' about Gate's role in the Iran-Contra Affair

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(You're never done fighting these assholes and criminals back . . . )


Robert 'Iran-Contra' Gates


GATES NOMINATION (Senate - November 07, 1991)


Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the nomination of Robert Gates to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Mr. President, at the outset of the confirmation hearings, I had serious reservations about the nominee. The confirmation hearings only raised more questions and greater doubts. Questions and doubts about Mr. Gates' past activities, managerial style, judgment, lapses in memory and analytical abilities. Questions and doubts about his role in the Iran-Contra Affair and in providing military intelligence to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war; and questions and doubts about whether he will be able to remove the ideological blinders reflected in his writings and speeches or whether Mr. Gates is so rooted in the past, that he will not be able to lead the Agency into the post-cold war era. Because of these concerns, I have concluded that Mr. Gates is not the right person for the important job of overseeing our intelligence operations in this New World.

more: http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1991_cr/s911107-gates.htm




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[H2O Man]

1. Nominated.

Thank you!

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2. ''So listen to me, children: Put on your marching shoes . . .

. . . don'cha get weary; though the path ahead may be dark and dreary we’re walking for freedom, children.''

Dr. King, Albany, Ga., in 1962

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3. kick

:kick:

[Critters2]

4. I love TOM!!! I wish he were still my Senator nt

[bobbieinok]

7. me too

[yodermon]

5. heavens to betsy:

"providing military intelligence to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war"
my oh my. He's different from Rummy how?

[ThomCat]

6. I hope there's a fight over confirming Mr. Gates!

And I hope it turns into yet another oportunity to bloody the republican noses.

We're all relieved to see Rumsfeld go, but is this guy going to be any less of a partisan hack?

[cassiepriam]

8. Once the honeymoon is over, the real fighting begins. nt