CORRECTS TYPO IN IRAN-CONTRA IN FIRST SENTENCE--FILE - In this Friday, July 10, 1987file photo, Arthur Liman, chief Senate Iran-Contra committee counsel, left, talks with John Nields Jr. , chief House counsel and Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine during a break in the congressional committee hearing on the Iran Contra affair on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, seated at center, talks with fellow committee members Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J. and House Committee Chariman Lee Hamilton, D-Ind. , right. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

CORRECTS TYPO IN IRAN-CONTRA IN FIRST SENTENCE--FILE - In this Friday, July 10, 1987file photo, Arthur Liman, chief Senate Iran-Contra committee counsel, left, talks with John Nields Jr. , chief House counsel and Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine during a break in the congressional committee hearing on the Iran Contra affair on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, seated at center, talks with fellow committee members Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J. and House Committee Chariman Lee Hamilton, D-Ind. , right.

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