The Washington Post, May 2nd, 1990
How can President Bush look at Robert Polhill and Frank Reed-sallow, emaciated and brutalized from three years' imprisonment in a Lebanese dungeon-and seemingly not do anything he can to secure the release of the remaining hostages? How can he listen to the anguish of the families of the half-dozen still-imprisoned Americans-how can he contemplate the thought that the hostages themselves must be wondering what their government is doing to secure their freedom-and still refuse to cut a deal with Iran's "moderates," who demonstrably have the influence to bring them home? The answer is that the p...
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