Delving into the Tower Commission Report Reagan's Iran-Contra Investigation

About this Item ; Created / Published. 4/7/1993. ; Headings. - Reagan, Ronald; - United States.--Department of Housing and Urban Development; - United States.-- ... This paper assesses the likelihood that the Iran-Contra scandal was shaped heavily by the effects of Ronald Reagan's cancer surgery in summer, 1985. While shipping arms to Iran violated the embargo, dealing with terrorists violated Reagan's campaign promise never to do so. Reagan had always been admired for ... In his first months in office, President Reagan approved covert training of anti-Sandinista rebels (called "contras"). While the contras waged war on the ... This exposé broke the story that unleashed the greatest political scandal of Ronald Reagan's presidency and gave rise to one of the greatest ... The controversy lingered regardless, as the Democratic Party accused Nixon of being a hypocrite for his constant attacks against financial ... The intrigues of President Ronald Reagan's spymaster, William Casey, and two of Reagan's national security advisors, Robert McFarlane and John Poindexter, were ... Secretary of State Alexander Haig accused the Sandinista government of exporting terrorism to El Salvador and in April 1981, Reagan terminated economic ... Scandals of the Ronald Reagan administration. A. Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981. B. 1983 Beirut barracks bombings · Bitburg controversy · Robert Bork ... to the most damaging episode of Reagan's eight-year presidency. Key words: Ronald Reagan, colon cancer, 25th Amendment, surgery, stress, anesthesia, Iran-Contra ...