The Challenger Disaster A Tragic Loss in the Reagan Era

There is a tendency in the fervid national catharsis over the Iran arms scandal to treat the past six years of Ronald Reagan's presidency as ... In September of 1986, President Ronald Reagan alongside his wife Nancy spoke to the nation in regard to their combined support to create strategies and policies ... The Iran-Contra scandal, as it became known, did serious damage to the Reagan presidency—even though the lengthy investigations it spawned never decisively tied ... For proponents of public housing, the Reagan years are considered dark days. The Reagan administration sought to reduce traditional subsidies ... As president, Reagan continued in this vein, opposing affirmative action and busing programs while fighting to save tax exemptions for racially ... Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan, Ulysses S. Grant and Warren Harding were all tied to scandals involving aides or cabinet members. None of them faced ... After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he became the only President to ever ... The commitment to the application of the Reagan Doctrine eventually led to the Iran-Contra scandal, in which the administration provided funds ... 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 ... Ronald Reagan. The idea that, between 1981 and 1986, Ronald Regan's administration secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran is, to say ...