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  2. Scandals of the Ronald Reagan administration - Wikipedia

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    The most well-known and politically damaging of the scandals since Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair came to light in 1986 when Ronald Reagan conceded that the United States had sold weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of a largely unsuccessful effort to secure the release of six U.S. citizens being held hostage in Lebanon.

  3. Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia

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    The Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا; Spanish: Caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the Iran Initiative, or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that centered around arms trafficking to Iran between 1981 to 1986, facilitated by senior officials of the Ronald Reagan administration.

  4. Category:Reagan administration controversies - Wikipedia

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    Controversies related to the political administration of President Ronald Reagan (1981 – 1989). See also the preceding Category:Carter administration controversies and the succeeding Category:George H. W. Bush administration controversies

  5. List of federal political scandals in the United States

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    Sewergate was a scandal in which funds from the EPA were selectively used for projects which would aid politicians friendly to the Reagan administration. Anne Gorsuch Burford , Head of the EPA, cut the EPA staff by 22% and refused to turn over documents to Congress about withholding funds, citing presidential " executive privilege ", [ 325 ...

  6. Biggest Political Scandals in U.S. History

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    In the end, one conviction was overturned on a technicality, and President George H.W. Bush (Reagan’s vice president) issued six pardons to officials involved in the scandal. While Reagan was ...

  7. CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking - Wikipedia

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    On April 17, 1986, the Reagan administration released a three-page report stating that there were some Contra-cocaine connections in 1984 and 1985, and that these connections occurred at a time when the rebels were "particularly hard pressed for financial support" because aid from the United States had been cut off. [13]

  8. Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone

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    In 1986, during Reagan’s second term, the public learned that his administration had authorized secret arms sales to Iran while seeking Iranian aid in freeing American hostages held in Lebanon.

  9. Opinion - What Trump and DOGE can learn from Reagan’s ... - AOL

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    Those involved in DOGE can learn much from the Reagan administration’s successes and failures. A newly elected president can accomplish a lot during the honeymoon period. But to have a larger ...