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I had watched much of this development first-hand as an Associated Press investigative reporter who often angered the Reagan administration with my articles about Central America and what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
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Abrams's hawkish zeal eventually led him to engage in outright lying about the secret operations that became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
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Abrams's hawkish zeal eventually led him to engage in outright lying about the secret operations that became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
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I had watched much of this development first-hand as an Associated Press investigative reporter who often angered the Reagan administration with my articles about Central America and what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
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Former Secretary of State George Shultz opposed what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal, in which the Reagan administration sold arms to Iran and diverted the funds to support anticommunist guerrillas in Central America.
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(I had experienced that pressure in the 1980s and early 1990s while investigating what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.)
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(I had experienced that pressure in the 1980s and early 1990s while investigating what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.)
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On the Associated Press Special Assignment Team, I focused on Reagan's bloody policies in Central America, leading me to discoveries about the secret activities of White House aide Oliver North and ultimately what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Fortunately for Powell, his powerful mentors successfully camouflaged and explained away his not so insignificant role in what later became known as the Iran-Contra affair.
The Two Malcontents 2008
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Saudi money was involved in what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal, and a few of the players back then—notably Prince Bandar and Elliott Abrams—are involved in today’s dealings.
Hullabaloo 2007
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