The Wedtech Affair Reagan's Defense Corruption Scandal

It details why institutional and personal factors endowed Reagan with political security against the scandal and enabled the restoration of his presidency. Part ... Ronald Reagan (1981-1989): Iran-Contra Scandal ... President Ronald Reagan had two major international dilemmas in the 1980s - militants were holding American ... The Reagan administration announces trade embargo against Nicaragua in an attempt to undermine the Sandinista government. This embargo was later found to be in ... Reagan administration officials interceded on behalf of José Bueso Rosa, a Honduran general who was heavily involved with the CIA's contra operations and faced ... Ronald Reagan & The Iran Contra Affair (1985-1987) ... The Iran Contra Affair is messy. The U.S. had an arms embargo against Iran, but with seven ... When the HIV/AIDS epidemic began in the 1980s, the Reagan administration's first reaction was chilling: It appeared to treat the epidemic as a joke. The controversial deal—and the ensuing political scandal—threatened to bring down the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Reagan Doctrine. The Iran ... The Watergate scandal of Richard Nixon's presidency reaffirmed this belief. Upon the resignation of President Nixon, his vice presi- dent, Gerald Ford ... President George H. W. Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger and five other officials who served under Ronald Reagan for ... In that convoluted affair, operatives at Reagan's National Security Council, in violation of the president's stated policy against negotiating ...