The Iran-Contra Affair
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The tangled U.S. foreign-policy scandal known as the Iran-contra
affair came to light in November 1986 when President Ronald Reagan said yes
to reports that the United States had secretly sold arms to Iran. He said
that the goal was to improve relations with Iran, not to get releases of
U.S. hosta ....
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.... Reagan appointed a review board headed by former Republican senator
John Tower. The Tower commission's report in February 1987 criticized the
president's passive management style. In a nationaly televised address on
March 4, Reagan accepted the reports judgement without serious disagreement.
Select committees of the Senate (11 members chaired by Democrat
Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii) and the house of representatives (15 members,
headed by another Democrat, Lee Hamilton of Indiana) cond ....
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