nicaragua. when congress tried to cut american funding off for the contras, reagan believed it was his obligation, a moral obligation as well as an obligation to american security, to make sure the contras continued to get funding. the last of the u.s. marines left beirut today for the relative safety of the 6th fleet warships offshore ending a 17-month peace keeping mission which brought lebanon no closer to resolving its internal strife. after a series of bombing of american targets lebanese factions realized their impact was very short-lived. so these groups in lebanon began nabbing americans. in beirut today the united states was again the target of lebanon s shadowy men with guns. they kidnapped american diplomat william buckley. buckley is the embassy s contact man for the rival christian and muslim factions. he is the third american to be kidnapped in beirut in six
but don t you think then you won t be able to shut me up. the white house states flatly the president did not know about the diversion. but officials here are still bracing for the testimony next week of john poindexter, a man who unlike north met with the president every day. sometimes with no one else in the room. did you at any time tell the president that proceeds from the iranian arms sale were being used to support the contras? i don t i did not. the important point here is that on this whole issue the buck stops here with me. if there had been evidence that reagan knew about the diversion of money from iran to the contras in nicaragua, there would have been serious calls for his resignation. but ronald reagan managed to
books, let s take those profits and let s use them to support the contras. we can kill two birds with one stone. the problem was both of those schemes violated american policy and violated the law. so when they were exposed, it all came crashing down, and ronald reagan was left trying to explain why his administration had actually violated his own policies. vice admiral john poindexter has asked to be relieved of his assignment as assistant to the president for national security affairs. lieutenant colonel oliver north has been relieved of his duties on the national security council staff. at the time i thought, this is another watergate. felt that way. when the iran/contra story broke it seemed to play into various strains of the narrative about reagan. here s this hollywood actor who
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nearly 40 years after marxist-lead guerrillas over through a u.s.-backed dictator in nicaragua, the man who led that revolution, daniel ortega, remains in power. since april, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the street. human rights groups say nearly 300 antigovernment protesters have been killed after the government tried to scale back social security for nicaraguans. now those protesters are demanding ortega and his wife, whom he made vice president, step down. after returning from exile more than a decade ago, ortega is consolidating power after winning his fourth term in 2016. he was embraced by venezuela strongman hugo chavez and cuba s communist leader. six years ago, iran s former president joined him on stage. all have been thorns in the sides of successive u.s. presidents since ronald reagan secretly funded the contras to remove ortega from power.