"I can't recall" is the new,

[marble falls]

7. He testified at Poindexters trial "Another case of I do not recall", among other times ...

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Reagan Retains Charm but Not His Memory - Los Angeles Times
Feb 23, 1990Vessey was far from the only person or event Reagan did not recall. The words "I don't remember," or their equivalents, occurred at least 124 times in his eight hours of testimony.

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User Clip: Reagan Testimony Iran-Contra | C-SPAN.org
Reagan: "Well, again, it's a case of memory, I don't recall" Webb: "Do you have any recollection of approving for John Poindexter to send these specific letters to Congress?" Report profane or ...

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REAGAN HAZY ON IRAN-CONTRA - Chicago Tribune
Feb 23, 1990Published: Feb 23, 1990 at 12:00 am. WASHINGTON — Former President Ronald Reagan, in testimony made public Thursday, said he had no recollection of ever being told that profits from Iran weapons ...

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The Iran-Contra Affair | Miller Center
Annelise Anderson (associate director for economics and government with the US Office of Management and Budget; advisor to the governments of Russia, Romania, and the Republic of Georgia on economic reform): I recall [President Reagan] saying that what really made him feel down—which he seldom felt, he was a pretty cheerful, optimistic kind of person—was that the people of the United ...

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Ring any bells? Trump boys show less than total recall at family fraud ...
6 days agoI n 1990, Ronald Reagan testified at the trial of John Poindexter, his former national security adviser caught up in the Iran-Contra affair. ... He could not recall much, he said.