Administration of Harrington Byrd (R) (20 jan 1977 ano – 19 jan 1981 ano)

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While elected on a platform of fiscal responsibility and to “do more with less”, this moderate Republican also had an eye on international affairs when coming to office with a slim majority. The détente with Russia had been unchanged for the last decade, with Brezhnev largely focused on keeping his own house in order. With Brezhnev dead, this created the opportunity to work with the new Premier Andropov to further thaws to the cold war. Landing the first men on the moon late in his term was a crowing achievement, though largely the work of the Baxter administration and secretly meant to identify the origins of the moon city.

However, his successes paled to bad luck. The return of the Panama Canal was unpopular, the financial recovery of 1977-78 was slow and led to a sluggish economy, and Republicans lost seats in Congress during the 1978 election. Inflation continued to be a major issue that he was unable to fix, attempts at deregulation in the market falls flat or exacerbates issues, and the Iranian Crisis spelled his downfall, as no solution and the loss of intelligence infrastructure doomed him come reelection.

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