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During his second term, Reagan sought to find a way procure the release of seven American hostages held by Hezbollah, a Lebanese paramilitary group supported by Iran. The Reagan administration decided to sell American arms to Iran, then engaged in the Iran–Iraq War , in hopes that Iran would pressure Hezbollah to release the hostages. [ 188 ]
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan and his running mate, incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush, were reelected to a second term in a landslide.
The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president of the United States was the 50th inauguration, marking the commencement of his second and final four-year term as president and of George H. W. Bush as vice president.
January 20 – Ronald Reagan is sworn into his second term as President of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger at the White House. January 21 – The President, Vice President, and other senior government officials participate in ceremonies related to the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
1985: President Reagan. President Reagan's second term was inaugurated inside the senate, as Washington, D.C. was experiencing extreme cold weather at the time. Many of the celebratory events were ...
How Jimmy Carter lost his second term to Ronald Reagan. ... William Casey, Reagan’s campaign manager, was a U.S. spy who would go on to lead the CIA under his boss’s presidency.
It's President Reagan's birthday. He's one of two US leaders who worked to Make America Great Again. President Trump shares that role, along with a devotion to the nation and its people.
Foreign affairs dominated Reagan's second term, including the 1986 bombing of Libya, the secret and illegal sale of arms to Iran to fund the Contras, and engaging in negotiations with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, which culminated in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.