Frontline - The Gates Nomination

Seizoen: 1991 - Aflevering: 14 / 402 - Eerst uitgezonden: 15 juli 1991 - Episode ID: 417946

At the start of US Senate confirmation hearings, Frontline probes the background of Robert M. Gates, President Bush's nominee to head the CIA. The program, anchored by Hodding Carter III, focuses on Gates's role in the Iran-contra affair and in a secret US policy to help Saddam Hussein build and maintain his war machine.