He is likely, the consultants said, to make it clear that Democrats will never trade arms for hostages.

President Reagan's popularity plunged 20 points when it was learned that he had tried to trade arms for hostages.

Against common sense and his stated policy, he traded arms for hostages with Iran.

The impetus to trade arms for hostages was not exclusively the misplaced compassion of the President.

A reporter asks about reports that the Administration traded arms for hostages.

Clearly nobody's going to think the President started out thinking he was going to trade arms for hostages.

"It was not trading arms for hostages," the President said.

We traded arms for hostages and illegally gave the money to the contras.

His military attache is eager to trade arms for drug money.

He told the public that the United States had not traded arms for hostages.