The Iran-Contra Affair Unraveling Reagan's Covert Operations

Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan, Ulysses S. Grant and Warren Harding were all tied to scandals involving aides or cabinet members. None of them faced ... Several individuals in Ronald Reagan's administration were implicated in the Iran-Contra Scandal. Basically, money that had been obtained ... Nancy put pressure on hirings and (more often) firings. President Reagan himself was apparently far too nice to personally ever let anyone go. 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 ... 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 ... Nov. 13, 1986: President Ronald Reagan made his Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy and again addressed ... ... President Gerald Ford for the 1976 presidential nomination. Reagan also spoke about the impact of the Watergate scandal on his party. "Face ... 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 ... Trump also became the nation's first president (sitting or past) to be indicted on federal charges. He was momentarily placed in the custody of ... The intrigues of President Ronald Reagan's spymaster, William Casey, and two of Reagan's national security advisors, Robert McFarlane and John Poindexter, were ...