Reagan's Role in the Iran-Contra Affair A Test of Presidential Power

Reagan wrote, “As the foundation of my foreign policy, I decided we had to send as powerful a message as we could to the Russians that we weren' ... Reagan thus has set a very important example and precedent and has taught future Presidents a very important lesson. VIL) The seventh legacy ... At the time that Ronald Reagan's second presidential term of office expired, there was mudh speculation about whether his presidency had produced a lasting ... SACRAMENTO, CA – While Ronald Reagan's foreign policy changed the face of the world, it shouldn't be forgotten that his leadership also ... Despite the idolatry of the last fifteen years, Reagan's average popularity as president was only, well, average, lower than that of a half-dozen modern ... While the Reagan policies implemented have increased economic efficiency and reduced federal-related budgets and staffs, they have caused environmental ... Modern vice presidents can trace much of their political influence to the broad reforms that Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale made to the second-highest elected ... Ronald Reagan in his Westminster address elaborated on the importance of deciding upon individual beliefs while simultaneously coming together despite ... More than any US president in modern times, he had enormous faith in the power of ideas. Reagan owed his election to his ideas, and their clarity was ... Implementing a series of economic policies dubbed “Reaganomics,” the president sought to stimulate the economy while shrinking the size of the federal ...