One day, during the height of the furor over the Iran-Contra matter, I was alone with President Reagan, and I decided to ask him about it in a way I hadn’t before.
Having worked with him for nearly three decades, I felt I was as close personally to the president as anyone besides Nancy. And I could sense some strain. It bothered him tremendously that people had used the events to impugn his credibility. It bothered him, too, that he had to dismiss those involved. Ronald Reagan hated to fire anyone. And it bothered him that all of this seemed to be holding back the country.
Comments