CBS Evening News - 1986-11-24
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[0:00] on eyewitness news.
[0:03] >> Good evening. This is the CBS Evening
[0:05] News. Dan Rather reporting. President
[0:07] Reagan insisted again today that
[0:08] secretly selling missiles to Iran was a
[0:10] good idea, that he has made no mistake,
[0:13] and he isn't going to fire anyone.
[0:16] Behind the scenes, there were scrambles
[0:18] to hold on to power by some, to take it
[0:20] away by others. Our coverage begins with
[0:23] Bill Plant at the White House.
[0:26] >> President Reagan, surrounded by the
[0:28] staff members some supporters want him
[0:30] to toss overboard, told reporters he's
[0:32] not firing anybody. But when asked
[0:35] during this meeting with South Africa's
[0:36] Zulu leader, whether he was ruling out
[0:38] changes in his staff, Mr. Reagan didn't
[0:41] exactly slam the door.
[0:43] >> I'm not commenting either way. I've just
[0:45] told you what I feel.
[0:46] >> The president remained stubbornly
[0:48] defiant when asked if he should admit
[0:50] that his policy was a mistake.
[0:51] >> I'm not going to lie about that. I
[0:53] didn't make a mistake.
[0:54] >> Later, Mr. Reagan called in top cabinet
[0:56] and staff members to review US policy in
[0:58] the Middle East as speculation continued
[1:01] over what steps the administration could
[1:03] take to get back on course. Reports
[1:05] yesterday suggested long-time California
[1:07] supporters like former Interior
[1:09] Secretary William Clark and Attorney
[1:11] General Ed Meese were pushing for a
[1:13] staff shakeup, wanting to dump Chief of
[1:15] Staff Donald Regan, Secretary of State
[1:17] George Shultz, and National Security
[1:19] Advisor John Poindexter.
[1:21] Sources close to First Lady Nancy Reagan
[1:23] also describe her as upset and angry.
[1:26] >> I t