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'''Edwin Meese III''' served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United States, 1985-1988, under President [[Ronald Reagan]].
==Attorney General Confirmation==
During his Senate confirmation hearing to become [[Ronald Reagan]]'s Attorney General, Edwin Meese faced difficult questions from Democratic Senators. One area of questioning regarded an unsecured loan for $60,000 on which he did not pay any interest on for over 20 months, after it was noted the [[Washington Post]]. The loan had come from a trust fund managed by [[John McKean]], who Meese barely knew, but had supported to be a Reagan appointed member of Postal Service board of governors. Another line of questioning regarded Meese's role in the Reagan Administration's decision to back out from their support for the IRS determination to revoke [[Bob Jones University]]'s tax-exempt status, because of its interracial dating/marriage policies. <ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921583-1,00.html Fending Off Tough Questions]", Time Magazine, March 12, 1984</ref>
==[[Iran-Contra]]==
"Attorney General Edwin Meese III became directly involved in the [[Reagan Administration]]'s secret plan to sell weapons to [[Iran]] in January 1986, when he was asked for a legal opinion to support the plan. When the secret arms sales became exposed in November 1986, raising questions of legality and prompting congressional and public scrutiny, Meese became the point man for the Reagan Administration's effort, in Meese's words, 'to limit the damage.'" <ref>Final Report of The Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, Volume I: Investigations and Prosecutions, Lawrence E. Walsh; Independent Counsel, [http://wwwhistory.fasliberatedtext.org/irpic/offdocs/walsh/chap_3131meese.html Chapter 31.htm SourceEdwin Meese III: November 1986]: Walsh's Iran</Contra Investigation Report, August 1993.ref>
==Profiles==
