President Bush has promoted Elliott Abrams to be his deputy national security adviser. He will be responsible for pushing Bush’s strategy for advancing democracy abroad. Abrams plead a key role in the Iran-Contra scandal and pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information from Congress. On Oct. 10, 1986, Abrams, then a State Department employee, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he did not know that Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North was directing illegal arms sales to Iran and diverting the proceeds to assist the Nicaraguan contras.