 Good morning, Mr. President. Good morning, John. Good morning. Good morning. Nice to see you. Senator Tower, Secretary Muskie, General Skowcroft, I'm grateful to all of you for agreeing to serve on this board. I know it'll take a lot of your time, but your experience and expertise in this inquiry are extremely important in evaluating the National Security Council staff operations and providing recommendations on how it should operate. The purpose of your undertaking is to review past implementation of administration policies and to conduct a comprehensive study of the future role and procedures of the National Security Council staff in foreign and national security policy. I would like you to focus on that staff. One, develop policy. Two, coordinate with other agencies. And three, implement the president's policies. And four, oversee the implementation of these policies by others. I hope that you would take particular care to look into the question of whether and under what circumstances the National Security Council staff was and should be directly involved in the operational aspects of sensitive, diplomatic, military, or intelligence missions, such as the Akili Loro, the TWA hijacking, and Grenada, and Iran. In addition, I have directed the National Security Council staff not to participate in the actual operations associated with such activities pending the outcome of the report by the Special Review Board. You'll have the full cooperation of all agencies of the executive branch and the White House staff in carrying out your assignment. And I want to assure you and the American people that I want all the facts to come out upon learning of a possible transfer of funds from the sale of arms to Iran, to those fighting the Sandinista government, we acted to learn the facts. And we'll continue to share the actions we take and the information we obtain with the American people and the Congress. The appointment of this board and the stature of its membership are a demonstration of a commitment to learn how this happened and how it can be prevented in the future. The Department of Justice investigation is continuing with my full support and cooperation. And if they determine an independent counsel is called for, I would welcome that appointment. If we're to maintain confidence in our government's foreign policy apparatus, there must be a full and complete erring of all the facts. And I am determined to get all of the facts out and take whatever action is necessary. The work of this board and the Department of Justice investigation will do just that, just as soon as your findings and recommendations are complete. They will be shared with the American people and the Congress. So with that, I say, go to it. Mr. President, when the Attorney General said you were not fully informed and you said you were not fully informed, did that mean that you did never do anything about concert funding with Iran's sales money? No, and I've answered that question. I'm not going to take. We have a meeting now to go into, but I answered that question a couple of times. Does that mean you had no knowledge at all? That's what I said. Mr. President, are you willing to call Congress back in for a special session? That is under discussion, and there's been no decisions yet. We want to work with the Congress. Mr. Chair, would you explain the purpose here is to see if we can determine what might be wrong and if didn't want the method of operating the staff and the NSC and make recommendations for the future to place so that you see that they might be suitable for you? Yes, thank you. I'm seeing you. I'm seeing you. Later? Yes. I enjoyed it. This didn't exist. It did not exist, and I remember, honestly. I think it started with another candidate. I wanted to let you know. I have some military aid and two-star general. The whole thing used to see with Kat. He's a marksman. He's a very good man. I, through Donald, will ask you if you probably have time if you mind sending him a message or giving him a call, because this will hurt his military career. And he can say that he has been asked to do this by the Commander-in-Chief. You can put that on record. How do you do? I'm very glad to be here, Mr. Chairman. Well, pleased to meet you. Welcome. That's right. Thank you very much. Thank you for finding the time to meet us. This is the deputy. Good to see you. Good to see you. Good to see you, too. I think at least one of these photos will work out. I feel that we can do it. One wish that will happen. Well, welcome to you here. I hope your meetings can expand mutual trade or to our mutual benefit.