
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, August 6, 1993                   TAG: 9308060081
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

IRAN-CONTRA INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED

Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh completed his inconclusive 6 1/2-year investigation of the Iran-Contra affair Thursday by filing a report with a special court that appointed him.

The court may make the report public but is not required to do so. In the past, portions of reports on other publicly known independent counsel investigations have been released.

As of June 30, Walsh's investigation of alleged Reagan administration misdoings had cost the taxpayers $35.7 million. Republicans frequently poked fun at the mounting price tag.

An appeals court overturned the convictions of two key figures at the heart of the Iran-Contra thicket, former national security adviser John Poindexter and former White House aide Oliver North.

- Associated Press

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