Iran-Contra Scandal While Americans were held hostage in Iran, a deal was arranged to trade missiles and funds, while these funds were also secretly used to fund a rebel group in Nicaragua called "Contra" this almost took the Presidency from Reagan (aug 20, 1985 – mar 4, 1987)
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aug 20, 1985
mar 4, 1987
~ 1 years and 6 months