The Beirut Bombing Reagan's Foreign Policy Blunder

This exposé broke the story that unleashed the greatest political scandal of Ronald Reagan's presidency and gave rise to one of the greatest ... Reagan's tax and budget proposals were nonetheless controversial. Cutting programs designed to help the poor, liberals argued, placed those Americans at even ... The biggest scandal of the Reagan years, and the most significant constitutional crisis since Watergate, was the Iran-Contra affair. The quest to free American hostages in Lebanon ensnared the Reagan White House in a scandal that nearly ended the president's second term. The ... to the most damaging episode of Reagan's eight-year presidency. Key words: Ronald Reagan, colon cancer, 25th Amendment, surgery, stress, anesthesia, Iran-Contra ... The 1980s were a decade of scandals. The Iran-Contra Scandal proved that White House officials were willing to break the law to carry out their political agenda ... RONALD REAGAN. Reagan never faced impeachment or court charges for the biggest scandal of his presidency. But the arms-for-hostages scheme ... Nancy put pressure on hirings and (more often) firings. President Reagan himself was apparently far too nice to personally ever let anyone go. The second President to be impeached (following President Andrew Johnson), President Bill Clinton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice after ... What changed him? The usual story, pushed by his second wife, Nancy, is that Reagan rebelled against the high taxes that Hollywood's top earners ...