07/03/1986
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"I pledge to you I will set things right."
"It was not my intent to do business with Khomeini, to trade weapons for hostages, nor to undercut our policy of antiterrorism."
"We live in a country that requires we operate within rules and laws—all of us."
"I believe then and believe now there was a greater risk in doing nothing, of not trying."