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==Conservative actions==
==Conservative actions==
When he was Attorney General in the Bush Administration, Barr took actions to crack down on illegal immigration.<ref>Binder, John (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/07/william-barr-prioritized-illegal-immigration-crackdown-1990s-similar-sessions/ William Barr Prioritized Illegal Immigration Crackdown in 1990s–Similar to Sessions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Arthur, Andrew R. (December 11, 2018). [https://www.cis.org/Arthur/Once-and-Future-AG-William-Barr-Immigration The Once (and Future?) AG William Barr on Immigration]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved December 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Donachie, Robert (December 12, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/william-barr-trumps-pick-as-attorney-general-is-an-immigration-hardliner William Barr, Trump's pick as attorney general, is an immigration hardliner]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> However, it should be noted that the Administration was trying to fend off [[Pat Buchanan]]'s primary challenge at the time, and his actions happened at a time when even liberal Democrats claimed to support tough border security. However, Barr opposed building border barriers across the entire border with Mexico.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/31/william-barr-border-wall-1077358 Trump’s pick for AG once questioned value of border wall]. ''Politico'' (from the ''Associated Press''). December 31, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.</ref>
When he was Attorney General in the Bush Administration, Barr took actions to crack down on illegal immigration.<ref>Binder, John (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/07/william-barr-prioritized-illegal-immigration-crackdown-1990s-similar-sessions/ William Barr Prioritized Illegal Immigration Crackdown in 1990s–Similar to Sessions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Arthur, Andrew R. (December 11, 2018). [https://www.cis.org/Arthur/Once-and-Future-AG-William-Barr-Immigration The Once (and Future?) AG William Barr on Immigration]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved December 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Donachie, Robert (December 12, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/william-barr-trumps-pick-as-attorney-general-is-an-immigration-hardliner William Barr, Trump's pick as attorney general, is an immigration hardliner]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> However, it should be noted that the Administration was trying to fend off [[Pat Buchanan]]'s primary challenge at the time, and his actions happened at a time when even liberal Democrats claimed to support tough border security. However, Barr opposed building border barriers across the entire border with Mexico.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/31/william-barr-border-wall-1077358 Trump’s pick for AG once questioned value of border wall]. ''Politico'' (from the ''Associated Press''). December 31, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.</ref>
==Iran Contra==
Ths total lack of security at the [[Man aitport]] and intelligence professionalism was why the [[CIA]] wanted out of [[Arkansas]]. The final loose end that needed to be tied up was the investigation of Gov. [[Bill Clinton]]'s half-brother, Roger and his friends. Barr told Bill Clinton:
{{quotebox|We are all in this together and let's not forget that the vice-president [George H.W. Bush] and Mr. Casey want this operation to be a success. Mr. Seal carried with him a falsely created, high-level profile of a drug runner. All of the cops in the country were investigating a drug operation. They put the police into a position where we could control them. We fed them what we wanted to feed them, when we wanted to feed them. Seal was a diversion. It was perfect until your brother started free enterprising and now we have to shut it down.}}
It was the arrests of Roger Clinton and [[Dan Lasater]] - not the Hasenfus shoot-down months later - that threatened to expose the operation and prompted the CIA to end it. Barr said of the money investigation,
{{quotebox|[[Edwin Meese|Mr. Meese]] is intervening right now and there will be no money investigation. The United States Attorney's Office in Little Rock is 'getting religion' as we speak.}}
Gov. Clinton's reputation as a cad did not go unnoticed by the CIA. Barr ended the meeting with words of encouragement.
{{quotebox|Bill, you are Mr. Casey's fair-haired boy ... You and your state have been our greatest asset. Mr. Casey wanted me to pass on to you that unless you ****up and do something [[stupid]], you're No. 1 on the short list for a shot at the job that you've always wanted. You and guys like you are the fathers of the new [[government]]. We are the new covenant.<ref>Terry Reed & John Cummings, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zRlXGVfUJPsC&pg=PA542&lpg=PA542&dq=barr+Southern+Air+Transport+iran+Contra&source=bl&ots=L14nVB5CC5&sig=bkZMdqW45Zc75WhInkMiZCpC96s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu_oPss4_fAhUo1oMKHZXxDjE4ChDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=covenant%20New&f=false ''Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA''], Shapolsky Publishers, 1994<
==George H.W. Bush administration==
==George H.W. Bush administration==