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To: frankw1900 who wrote (59930)	12/5/2002 12:22:07 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Abrams any good? I like the guy, he is not afraid to stick his neck out. The Left hates him passionately. A "Bogyman" on the order of Oliver North. Abrams to Head NSC's Mideast Section By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Iran-Contra figure Elliott Abrams, who received a pardon from the first President Bush for his role in the scandal and has served in the White House for over a year, has been promoted to a key post among the current President Bush's national security aides. Abrams was appointed to lead the National Security Council's office for Near East and North African affairs. The senior director job oversees Arab-Israeli relations and U.S. efforts to promote peace in the troubled region. His appointment, which does not require Senate confirmation, was announced Monday by Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. An assistant secretary of state during the Reagan administration, Abrams was a fierce advocate of armed support for Nicaraguan rebels despite Congress' ban on military aid to the so-called Contras. He pleaded guilty in 1991 to two misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress. In court, Abrams admitted he kept information from two committees in 1986 when he testified about his knowledge of the secret Contra supply network and about his role in soliciting a $10 million contribution for the Contras from the Sultan of Brunei. Abrams received a Christmas Eve pardon from President George H.W. Bush in 1992. When Abrams was chosen to head the NSC's office for democracy, human rights and international operations in June 2001, his current job, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer called his role in Iran-Contra "a matter of the past." Abrams was president of Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center from 1996 to 2001 and served as chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from June 2000 to May 2001

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