must have been thinking, why doesn t he tell us what s happening? why doesn t he just speak to us as he has in the past when we ve faced troubles or tragedies? a few months ago, i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that s true but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. if you ask my heart, it will tell you i absolutely did not trade arms for hostages. if you look at what actually happened in real life well that was president reagan in 1987 addressing the nation on the iran-contra scandal, which the reagan administration illegally sold weapons to iran and used the money to fund regime change efforts in nicaragua. it was illegal and 14 people were charged, including the defense secretary under reagan this guy who was on the fox news channel and others. iran-contra was the biggest political scandal the country
trade arms for hostages. if you look at what actually happened in real life, well, that was president reagan in 1987, addressing the nation on the iran-contra scandal, which the reagan administration illegally sold weapons to iran and used the money to fund regime change efforts in nicaragua. it was illegal and 14 people were charged, including the defense secretary under reagan, this guy who was on the fox news channel and others. iran-contra was the biggest political scandal the country had experienced since watergate. so it has been turned into our collective memory when it comes to america s history with iran. a big part of our national memory chip about what our relationship is with iran is this giant reagan administration scandal that s still astonishing it didn t lead to impeachment. that is one infamous historical moment we think about when we
if you look at what actually happened in real life, well, that was president reagan in 1987, addressing the nation on the iran-contra scandal, which the reagan administration illegally sold weapons to iran and used the money to fund regime change efforts in nicaragua. it was illegal and 14 people were charged, including the defense secretary under reagan, this guy who was on the fox news channel and others. iran-contra was the biggest political scandal the country had experienced since watergate. so it has been turned into our collective memory when it comes to america s history with iran. a big part of our national memory chip about what our relationship is with iran is this giant reagan administration scandal that s still astonishing it didn t lead to impeachment. that is one infamous historical moment we think about when we think about iran. this, of course, is the other. the hostage crisis, november
herself very well in any conversations or debates around foreign policy. and her track record with respect to domestic policy is i think one that cares about working families. you know if she decides to run and makes the announcement she s going to have some strong messages to deliver. jim. thank you mr. president. first of all, on cuba if i could two questions. the cuban government has frequently said that it cannot allow more political or personal freedoms freedoms owe pressed freedoms because the united states has used both covert and otherwise actions to try to overthrow the castros. does your new era in fact end regime change efforts by the united states? and should the cubans then respond by allowing free elections and tolerance of
conversations or debates around foreign policy. and her track record with respect to domestic policies is i think one that cares about working families. if she decides to run and makes an announcement she s going to have some strong messages to deliver. jim avila. thank you, mr. president. first of all, on cuba if i could, two questions. cuban government has frequently said kit not allow more political or personal freedoms or press freedoms because the united states has used both covert and otherwise actions to try to overthrow the castros. does your new era, in fact end regime change efforts by the united states and should the cubans then respond by allowing free elections and tolerance at