The First Thing I want The Democratic Congress to do is Prevent the appointment of another republican criminal and traitor

Gates, however, has baggage of his own—carried over from his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, which derailed his confirmation as CIA director in 1987. (He was later confirmed, in 1991.) Gates will have to explain anew his connections with the people who secretly sold arms to Iran—then and now defined as a major terrorist enemy of the U.S.—and who then used those funds to overthrow the Sandinista-run government in Nicaragua. After all, the leader of the Sandinista government, Daniel Ortega, was just elected president of his country in a free election. Iran, by contrast, is now vying with North Korea for the status of the world’s most threatening rogue nation. Just why Gates thought it wise to supply the Iranian ayatollahs with arms remains a pressing question.