Unveiling the Iran-Contra Scandal Reagan's Risky Gamble

Almost everyone likes Reagan, although not so many admire him. Every scandal in the Nixon administration came home to stick to the president; the ... Rarely, however, are the controversies of the administration discussed by mainstream political figures in the US. They present a damming ... In his first months in office, President Reagan approved covert training of anti-Sandinista rebels (called "contras"). While the contras waged war on the ... Ronald Reagan's Supreme Court nominee Judge Douglas Ginsburg ... of the Nixon administration in the 1970s. "Now that they see what is ... A second affair occurred between Harding and a young woman he called his niece, which lasted into his presidency. The woman, who was secured a ... Public concern with "the politics of personal destruction" burst into the political spotlight during the 1980s after President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert ... President Reagan instituted tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, and implemented market deregulation. Reaganomics was influenced by ... Consider the Reagan administration's scheme to use Iranian arm sales to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. All the attributes for a Watergate-style ... 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 ... On November 13, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed the country from the Oval Office about a growing scandal facing his administration.