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W. Weldon: “I thank my colleague. First of all, we did not mention the President today. We mentioned a hearing with the Secretary of…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1996
I thank my colleague. First of all, we did not mention the President today. We mentioned a hearing with the Secretary of Defense, and the fact that we do want to find out, as the Secretary has said, who was responsible. What we are saying is we do not just want to go from the middle down, we want everyone in the chain of command to be looked at. In terms of what happened with President Reagan, I was not here then, so I cannot speak about what you all did when President Reagan was President.
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W. Weldon
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Discussing accountability in the chain of command during a hearing with the Secretary of Defense.

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