Event: Iran-Contra scandal

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comment-analysis

US attorney general demurs as Democrats mull next move

Things have gotten ugly in Washington since the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election — and they’re about to get uglier.

general

Absence of regret, but a misplaced sense of pride

world

Libby prepares request for new trial

world

Testimony concludes in Moussaoui death penalty trial

ourview

Ronald Reagan – Ex-president an icon for Americans

world

US mourns Reagan as bad news diversion

Clinton pressed to deliver on book hype

AS FORMER US President Bill Clinton rushes to finish his memoirs, he faces the more pressing task of writing a book deemed worthy of all the attention, an accomplishment no president has pulled off since Ulysses S Grant.

Tue, 04 May, 2004

Former First Lady 'hurt' by Reagan TV portrayal

Nancy Reagan is said to be anguished and "hurt" by an American TV portrayal of her husband’s time in the White House.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2003

Pentagon market on Mideast ‘grotesque’

THE Pentagon is setting up a commodity market-style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political and economic events in the Mideast – including the likelihood of assassinations and terrorist attacks.

Wed, 30 Jul, 2003

Fury over Pentagon 'bets on terror' project

The Pentagon is setting up a commodity market-style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political and economic events in the Middle East – including the likelihood of assassinations and terrorist attacks.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2003