Reagan's Contentious Lebanon Hostage Crisis A Diplomatic Disaster

Monica Lewinsky Scandal ... President Reagan receives the Tower Commission Report in the Cabinet Room with John Tower and Edmund. 6/15. Credit. Courtesy of the ... In the “Iran-Contra” scandal, Reagan's administration bypassed congressional restrictions on aiding Nicaragua's Contra guerilla fighters, in ... ... President Nixon resigned in the midst of the Watergate scandal. Rick ... of Ronald Reagan's administration? RICK PERLSTEIN: The whole Ronald Reagan ... Consider the Reagan administration's scheme to use Iranian arm sales to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. All the attributes for a Watergate-style ... In March 1981, only two months after swearing the oath of office, President Ronald Reagan was seriously wounded by an assassin's bullet. By Thom Hartmann Hartmann George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan were facing the possibility of treason charges. Who did they call? Bill Barr. With most of the country behind him, Reagan's prospects in his second term appeared bright. Only two years later, however, he would become embroiled in the ... The controversy lingered regardless, as the Democratic Party accused Nixon of being a hypocrite for his constant attacks against financial ... 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. Because throughout this period, Reagan's political ambitions were exploding. He had first become involved with the Screen Actors Guild in 1941, ...