Twenty years later, the Iran-Contra affair continues to resonate on many levels, especially as Washington gears up for a new season of political inquiry with the pending inauguration of the 110th Congress and the seeming inevitability of hearings into a range of Bush administration policies.
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Praise for The Iran-Contra Affair, 1983-1988 ... Many of these acquisitions are derived from the official bodiesinvestigating the Iran-Contra Affair, including the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Tower Commission, the joint select Congressional committees, and the Independent Counsel.
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Poindexter resigned, and North was fired, but Iran-Contra was far from over. The press hounded the president: Did he know about these illegal activities, and if not, how could something of this magnitude occur without his knowledge? ... Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh investigated the affair for the next eight years.
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Iran-contra affair, in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan.
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According to the Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair issued in November 1987, the sale of U.S. arms to Iran through Israel began in the summer of 1985, after receiving the approval of President Reagan.
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IranContra affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The IranContra affair (Persian: , Spanish: ) was a political scandal in the United States which came to light in November 1986, during the Reagan administration, in which senior US figures agreed t...
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FINAL REPORT OF THE ; INDEPENDENT COUNSEL FOR ; IRAN/CONTRA MATTERS ... Volume I: Investigations and Prosecutions ; Lawrence E. Walsh ; Independent Counsel ; August 4, 1993; Washington, D.C. ... UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS; FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT...
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The Iran/contra affair concerned two secret Reagan Administration policies whose operations were coordinated by National Security Council staff.
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A page with a time line of events in the Iran Contra scandal with descriptions of what happened. ... Aug. 26 -- Because of a hung jury, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth declares a mistrial in the case of CIA officer Clair George, accused of concealing from Congress his knowledge of the Iran-Contra affair.
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