During the Iran-Contra investigation, Ronald Reagan ultimately relented to Congressional investigators and provided “relevant excerpts of his personal diaries” to Congress. ..…

Ronald Reagan . One of the leading national issues during 1980 was the release of 52 Americans being held hostage in Iran since November 4, 1979. ..…

The March 1988 Iraqi attacks on Kurdish of Halabja, was downplayed by Ronald Reagan administration, ing that Iran, then the preferred enemy of U.S., was responsible.. ..…

., through the collusion of both U.S and Israeli officials, it was marketed by two Earl Brian, aide to Ronald Reagan, later U.S to Iran and close friend of Israeli Rafi Eitan and Robert Maxwell. ..…

Massive evidence of government corruption under Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan previously undermined Republican credibility with the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals, respectively.  Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush engineered massive tax cuts, harming the..…

Massive evidence of government corruption under Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan previously undermined Republican credibility with the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals, respectively.  Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush engineered massive tax cuts, harming the..…

In the 1970s, congressional interference after Watergate handicapped the efforts of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter to respond to the Soviet military buildup, Communist expansion in Latin America and Africa, the fall of Vietnam and Iran’s revolution. Only with Ronald Reagan’s..…

Iran wants war? We should oblige them! . September 13, 2019 . Ronald Reagan and Popeye were right! ..…

President Ronald Reagan's adviser and some of NSC staff pursued scheme to trade weapons to Iran and then use the proceeds to support those battling Nicaragua's government. ..…

Richard Nixon interfered with President Johnson's efforts to negotiate Vietnam Ronald Reagan interfered with President Carter's efforts to free hostages Iran and George H.W. ..…

He then held captive 52 American hostages for 444 days. . 1986 – Iran-Contra . During President Ronald Reagan’s administration there was a scandal of a different sort. ..…

In his first round as head of the Justice Department, Barr faced criticism after he encouraged the President to pardon former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, who served under President Ronald Reagan from January 1981 to November 1987. In the aftermath of the Iran..…

We’re empowering Iran. These are fair concerns. . But this is also how hawks reacted when President Ronald Reagan broke bread with Mikhail Gorbachev over three decades ago. . ..…

Forget that back in the Neolithic age of the 1980s, before Iraqi autocrat Saddam Hussein turned out to be the new Adolf Hitler and needed to be taken down by us (no aggression there), the administration of President Ronald Reagan actively backed his unprovoked invasion of, and war against,..…

Instead of acknowledging its in stoking the flames of revolt, Carter and Ronald Reagan administrations partnered with dictator than Shah, Saddam Hussein in neighboring Iraq, as it attempted to thwart Iran's Islamic Republic. ..…

Abrams was forced to use language to explain what he and his supporters deem to be the irrelevance of his Ronald Reagan's Iran-Contra scandal, and was disbarred in District of Columbia. ..…

There have been other wars — Richard Nixon’s Watergate; Ronald Reagan’s Iran-Contra; Bill Clinton’s impeachment. ..…

Simultaneously, he has canceled the nuclear arms reduction deal crafted by former President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. These moves targeting Iran are all taking place concurrently with threats to send U.S. troops to Venezuela. . ..…

That’s because the president was thinking of special investigators such as Lawrence Walsh and Kenneth Starr, who were appointed “independent” prosecutors or counsels to look into actions taken by Presidents Ronald Reagan (Iran-Contra) and Bill Clinton (Whitewater). . ..…

Abrams was also behind the Iran-Contra scandal during U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration in the 1980's where the U.S. illegally sent arms to anti-Sandinista militias in Nicaragua to overthrow the government. ..…

Democrats will never get over it, just as they never have got over Iran-Contra. Hartmann couldn’t write about the “Russiagate coverup” without dragging in Ronald Reagan and the “Iran-Contra coverup.” . ..…

Then, at least according to MSM accounts, the Iranian people suddenly overthrew the Shah and installed their dictatorship under Ayatollah Khomeini, holding dozens of U.S. embassy personnel hostage until subsequently released after some shady dealings with Ronald Reagan’s electoral..…

From then on, Iran was branded a rogue nation. . President Ronald Reagan designated the regime “a state sponsor of terrorism” and in 1981 threw his weight behind Iraq’s invasion of Iran in a war that lasted nearly a decade and devastated the country. ..…

The Iranian government’s practice of hostage-taking after the 1979 revolution was the root cause of Iran’s pariah status during the Ronald Reagan years. These days, Iran’s reputation as a rogue state is usually linked to its regional and domestic policies—in..…

In 1981, at the age of 33, Abrams was confirmed by Senate as Ronald Reagan's Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. Abrams was involved in the criminal activities of Iran-Contra operation that included selling drugs to support Contras and..…

Abrams, 71, is best known for abetting dictators and Latin America and for his in Iran- Contra during Ronald Reagan administration, and for his ardent support for the invasion of Iraq and for green-lighting Venezuela while serving in George W. ..…

Furthermore, why has the U.S. government, armed (and ostensibly safe) with thousands of nuclear weapons, been so worried about Iraq, Iran, and North Korea acquiring them?   ... Beginning in 1983, Ronald Reagan―under fierce public criticism for his nuclear buildup and disturbed..…

What Does William Barr Have to Do With Iran Contra? . News at Home . tags: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Iran Contra, William Barr . . by Jeffrey J. Matthews . Jeffrey J. ..…

One of the most notable skeletons that has gotten scant attention in recent days is his role in the Iran-Contra scandal. . As CIA director in the mid-1970s and as Ronald Reagan’s vice president, Bush helped forge a world of strongmen, wars, cartels, and refugees that continues..…

In 1980, according to my predecessor Alexander Haig, the Carter administration gave a ‘green light’ to Saddam to attack Iran. Ronald Reagan then escalated our support for the Iraqis, against the Iranians, and sent Donald Rumsfeld to shake Saddam’s hand. ..…

“The end result of this could well be our acquiescence in allowing Iran to develop a nuclear weapon,” Mr. ... Ronald Reagan appointed Mr. Webb first as an assistant secretary of defense and, in 1987, as secretary of the Navy, where he pushed for modernizing the fleet and..…

Bush could bluff and bluster his way past mounting evidence that he and other Republicans conspired in 1980 to block release of 52 U.S hostages Iran and thus ensure Ronald Reagan's, gambit that bordered on treason itself.. ..…

Dick Cheney, he remained unaccountable for lies, coverup and related crimes, enabling him to succeed Ronald Reagan as president in January 1989. . Before leaving office in January 1992, he pardoned six indicted Iran-Contra figures, suppressing evidence against them – including..…

After President Ronald Reagan almost got busted for Iran/Contra (he testified that he “forgot” about details of the program over 80 times; he was saved by his growing Alzheimer’s from an indictment), they realized that getting busted for treason wasn’t worth the risk. ..…

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It's true that something similar may have happened and in alleged between Ronald Reagan and Ayatollah Khomeini to delay release of American hostages Iran until after the election. ..…

Pew Research Center created its first political typology in 1987, when President Ronald Reagan was reeling from Iran-Contra and the front-runners for the upcoming election were Sen. ..…

It had been a tough year for President Ronald Reagan. Liberals were going bonkers with Iran-Contra as a hopeful tool to destroy a great president on the verge of winning the Cold War. ..…

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Duncan is not the only one who disagrees with how the Obama administration is dealing the presence of Iran in the Western Hemisphere. . Bud McFarlane, who served as National Security Advisor for President Ronald Reagan, told Breitbart News that Iran continues to expand its..…

The Iraqi Shiites were lost to Iran a long time before Obama took office. President Ronald Reagan supported Saddam Hussein during the 1980s in his war against Iran and the Shiite Iraqis. ..…

The Senate did not vote to oust him from office but this incident left an indelible mark on his presidency. . . 9 Iran-Contra Scandal . Ronald Reagan . . . He broke international agreements and helped fund a revolution. ..…

Iran-Contra Affair . . In 1986, during Ronald Reagan’s second term, it came to light that several high-ranking US officials were facilitating the selling of arms to Iran, an incredibly dangerous country. ..…

The documents show that GOP anger boiled over in 1991 when the long-running Iran-Contra scandal opened another front with allegations that secret Republican contacts with Iran extended back to 1980 when Ronald Reagan was seeking to unseat Democratic President Jimmy Carter..…

Before Clinton, the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George Bush were preoccupied with independent counsel investigation of whether officials illegally shipped arms to Iran and used the proceeds to pay for anti-communist guerrillas Nicaragua.. ..…