European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday july 17,1987 former hostage Jacobsen thanks Poindexter for helping him get free Washington a former hostage David Jacob san praising the Reagan administration for taking risks to free him Personalty thanked rear adm. John Pom Dexter for his role in ending Jacobson s 17-Monlh Captivity Jacobsen Shook hands with Poindexter during a break in the Iran Contra hearings wednesday and told the former National Security adviser. Thank you and Oil it for gelling me out and keeping me  exhibiting a rare smile the in National Security Council chief replied to thank  Poindexter and his fired Deputy la. Col Oliver North both testified they carried out a presid cnally approved policy that included swapping arms to Iran for . Hostages during a period when the Reagan administration was publicly calling for a worldwide arms embargo against Iran. Jacobsen never specifically praised the secret arms for hostages policy and said he was unaware of it when freed last november. But in an Impromptu news conference he did say of administration officials they tried everything they could they tried to pull out All the resources possible to handle the situation. There arc Many people in this world who do not like to Lake risks. Thank cod we have some people i Iling to take risks earlier at the request of rep. Richard Cheney. R Wyo Jacobsen gave private testimony to the staff of the Iran Contra committees. The lawmaker said he might ask that Jacobsen be called As a Public witness if inc private testimony proves valuable. Jacobsen a Hospital administrator from Huntington Beach calif., wore a Ronald Reagan tie clip and a californian gets Golden Chance to be legend san Andreas Calif