Reagan's Rhetorical Legacy Captivating the American Public

Even after the whole world condemned Saddam Hussein for using chemical weapons to kill over 5,000 Kurdish civilians in Iraq, the Reagan ... Reagan's tax and budget proposals were nonetheless controversial. Cutting programs designed to help the poor, liberals argued, placed those Americans at even ... Reagan was plagued by two large scandals that brought down a number of government officials; the Iran-Contra affair and an influence-peddling scheme at the ... By Thom Hartmann Hartmann George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan were facing the possibility of treason charges. Who did they call? Bill Barr. The issue of drug trafficking by the Nicaraguan Contras has also been the subject of books: e.g., On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency, by ... At its center was President Ronald Reagan amid a swirl of questions about illegal wars, consorting with terrorists, and the abuse of presidential power. Reagan sold US weapons to Iran, and used the money to support a group trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua. Both were illegal. He was ... Because throughout this period, Reagan's political ambitions were exploding. He had first become involved with the Screen Actors Guild in 1941, ... The second President to be impeached (following President Andrew Johnson), President Bill Clinton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice after ... Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989.