The Social Impact of Reagan's War on Drugs A Controversial Legacy

In that convoluted affair, operatives at Reagan's National Security Council, in violation of the president's stated policy against negotiating ... Rarely, however, are the controversies of the administration discussed by mainstream political figures in the US. They present a damming ... The three stars of the Tower Commission acquitted him of an Irangate cover-up on the discreet but unmistakable grounds that the old gentleman had not been told ... Several individuals in Ronald Reagan's administration were implicated in the Iran-Contra Scandal. Basically, money that had been obtained ... IN RETROSPECT, the record of Ronald Reagan's presidency is increasingly shadowed by three huge scandals. The Reagan administration came to ... Nov. 13, 1986: President Ronald Reagan made his Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy and again addressed ... ... of arms to Iran by Republican President Ronald Reagan's administration and the unlawful diversion of the proceeds to Nicaraguan rebels. Reagan's last shutdown echoed the most controversial scandal of his career—the Iran-Contra Affair. In it, his administration illegally sold ... President Reagan's Iran-Contra Scandal ... For the longest time, Reagan and several other government officials tried to cover up their deals, which didn't work. Secretary of State Alexander Haig accused the Sandinista government of exporting terrorism to El Salvador and in April 1981, Reagan terminated economic ...