
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 15, 1990                   TAG: 9003152459
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

NORTH DIDN'T `FEEL GOOD' ABOUT CONCEALING AID

Oliver L. North testified Wednesday that he didn't "feel good" after lying to Congress to conceal secret aid to the Nicaraguan Contras even though he was praised by his boss, John Poindexter.

North concluded 3 1/2 days of testimony at Poindexter's Iran-Contra cover-up trial by insisting that he violated no laws by lying during the Aug. 6, 1986, meeting at the White House with members of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Poindexter, a retired Navy rear admiral who was President Reagan's national security adviser in 1986, is accused of obstructing congressional inquiries into the U.S.-Iran arms sales and the secret operation set up to channel aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.

- Associated Press

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