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Line 37: − − − In 1986, the Reagan Administration was found to have illegally sold arms to Iran to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The Iran-Contra Affair was the largest political scandal in the United States during the 1980s, considered by some to be one of the largest political scandals in history.[30] Large volumes of documents relating to the scandal were destroyed or withheld from investigators by Reagan Administration officials.[31] President Reagan professed ignorance of the plot's existence and quickly called for an Independent Counsel to investigate. In the end, ten officials in the Reagan Administration were convicted, and others were forced to resign.[32] Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger was indicted for perjury and later received a presidential pardon from George H.W. Bush, days before the trial was to begin. In 2006, historians ranked the Iran-Contra affair as one of the ten worst mistakes by a U.S. president.[33]
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Perhaps the most important aspect of Reagan's treatment of the debt was simply the example it created. The Reagan years fostered the idea that deficits don't matter, ensuring that his legacy of debt would continue to grow.<ref>http://www.reagandebt.com/</ref>
Perhaps the most important aspect of Reagan's treatment of the debt was simply the example it created. The Reagan years fostered the idea that deficits don't matter, ensuring that his legacy of debt would continue to grow.<ref>http://www.reagandebt.com/</ref>
==Miscellaneous Facts==
==Miscellaneous Facts==