Original sentence: McFarlane met with President Reagan in the hospital and told him that Representatives from Israel had contacted the National Security Agency to pass on confidential information from a sect of moderate, politically influential Iranians opposed to the Ayatollah
Edited sentence: In 1985, President Reagan entered Bethesda Naval Hospital for colon cancer surgery.While the President was recovering in the hospital, McFarlane met with him and told him that Representatives from Israel had contacted the National Security Agency to pass on confidential information from a sect of moderate, politically influential Iranians opposed to the Ayatollah