European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside Stripe video fever stripes Magazine d Randy Barnett s car Comer Page 13 d bullets snap celts Home Streak Page 17 d today s Dollar buys 1.97 Marks Page 23 hath Riiho unofficial Uili cation Fok Thi . A Hio for ii vol. 45, no. 230 thursday december 4, 1986 min i d 8693 a Bush aware of Iran Deal but not of link to contras Washington a vice presi Dent George Bush conceding that the administration s credibility has Bee damaged said wednesday he fully sup ported the secret arms sales to Iran but knew nothing of the diversion of funds to the Contra forces. If the truth hurts so be it Bush said in a speech to the american Enterprise Institute. We must take our lumps and move  the vice president who has kept a Low profile since disclosure of the secret Deal Ings with Iran and the contras Laid out a detailed justification for the initiative to Ward Iran. He conceded that there can be no denying that our credibility has been damaged by this entire episode and it aftermath. Explaining the administration policy toward Iran Bush said we May not like the current iranian regime but i would be irresponsible to ignore Ila Geo political and strategic  he said administration efforts to begin a dialogue with the iranians started three years before the first Ameri can hostage was taken in Lebanon. He described the arms sales As a signal required by the iranians and the subsequent release of three american Host Gesas part of the proof of iranian serious Ness. I can let you the president is absolutely convinced in his own mind he did not Swap arms for hostages the Vic president said. Still the question remains of How the administration could violate its own pol icy of Noi Selling arms to Iran to con see Bush on Page 24 Pondexter refuses to answer questions Washington up former National Security adviser vice adm. John Poindexter refused to answer questions from the Senate intelligence committee an angry senators subpoenaed him for wednesday s ses Sion in the investigation of the Iran arms Nicaragua rebels scandal the Washington Post said. The Post reported thai Poindexter who resigned last week because of his knowledge of the secret Contra funding told committee chairman David Durenberger r-minn., and vice chairman Patrick Leahy d-vl., in a pc hearing conference tuesday that he was not prepared to answer committee questions. The panel reacted angrily and decided to subpoena him for a second appearance today wednesday according to Senate sources the newspaper reported. Poinde Sll a s reluctance to testify came on the someday president Reagan promised the full cooperation of his government to Senate probes and a Day after Marine it. Col. Oliver North a Poindexter subordinate in the National Security Council repeatedly invoked the fifth amendment to keep from answering committee questions. North was fired from the Csc staff and resumed to Marine corps duly after being accused of Mastermind ing the secret diversion of profits from Iran arms Salesio the Contra rebels battling the nicaraguan govern ment. Leahy the committee s ranking Democrat said the panel will be calling dozens of other witnesses in its investigation into the National Security implications of he Iran con tra connection. He said the information May be turned Over to a special presidential panel or Asee Poindexter on Page 24 trapped by the storm children Law bom the window of Ai tool by whose engine Itald in flooded Section of Road Tom Day i Garden Cluj . High to def ind Strong winds anted widespread