Nevertheless, the case for support of the contras continued to be made in Washington, D. C. by both the Reagan administration and the Heritage Foundation, which argued that support for the contras would counter Soviet influence in Nicaragua.

The Reagan administration's support for the Contras continued to stir controversy well into the 1990s.

In violation of the Boland Amendment, senior officials of the Reagan administration continued to secretly arm and train the Contras and provide arms to Iran, an operation they called " the Enterprise ".

Mallory continued as Secretary of the Navy and Reagan as Postmaster General ; both men kept their positions throughout the war.

In the early 21st century, Kemp continued to be considered along with Reagan as the politician most responsible for the implementation of supply-side tax cuts and along with Steve Forbes as the political figure most responsible for their continued place in the marketplace of political ideas.

When Congress prohibited further funding to the Contras, Reagan continued the funding through arms sales that were also prohibited by Congress.

Reagan enacted lower marginal tax rates in conjunction with simplified income tax codes and continued deregulation.

After the U. S. Congress prohibited federal funding of the Contras in 1983, the Reagan administration continued to back the Contras by raising money from foreign allies and covertly selling arms to Iran ( then engaged in a vicious war with Iraq ), and channelling the proceeds to the Contras ( see the Iran-Contra Affair ).

The Reagan administration's support for the Contras continued to stir controversy well into the 1990s.

After the United States Congress turned down continued funding of the Contras in April 1985, the Reagan administration ordered a total embargo on United States trade with Nicaragua the following month, accusing the Sandinista government of threatening United States security in the region.

By the end of the month, Reagan debated Carter alone and Anderson's support continued to fade.

The term " weapons of mass destruction " continued to see periodic use throughout this time, usually in the context of nuclear arms control ; Ronald Reagan used it during the 1986 Reykjavík Summit, when referring to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.

" In 1984 the U. S. Congress ordered this intervention to be stopped ; however, it was later shown that the Reagan administration illegally continued ( See Iran-Contra affair ).

The Reagan Doctrine, while closely associated with the foreign policy of Ronald Reagan and his administration, continued into the administration of Reagan's successor, George H. W. Bush, who assumed the U. S. Presidency in January 1989.

Naturally, the Moral Majority continued working on behalf of Reagan after he gained the Republican nomination.

The demographic shift that Ronald Reagan tapped into continued into the 1990s after he left office.

The term Reagan Democrat, part of the lexicon in American political jargon, is appropriate because of Reagan's continued widespread popularity among a large segment of the electorate.

Jeane Kirkpatrick, on a visit to the Philippines, was welcomed by the dictator Ferdinand Marcos who quoted heavily from her 1979 Commentary article Dictatorships and Double Standards and although Kirkpatrick had been forced to speak-out in favor of democracy the article continued to influence Reagan ’ s policy toward Marcos.

After Goldwater was defeated by Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Buckley and National Review continued to champion the idea of a conservative movement, which was increasingly embodied in Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the November 1980 presidential election but Carter continued to attempt to negotiate the release of the hostages through Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Algerian intermediaries and members of the Iranian government in the final days of his presidency.

Given Ríos Montt's staunch anticommunism and ties to the United States, the Reagan administration continued to support the general and his regime, paying a visit to Guatemala City in December 1982.

Nixon largely continued the New Deal and Great Society programs he inherited ; conservative reaction would come with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Both by critics and supporters of the Reagan administration, this was seen as a direct result of the administration's efforts concerning the contras.

Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway say that Singer was involved in the Reagan administration's efforts to prevent regulatory action to reduce acid rain.

In response to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Reagan administration in the U. S. increased arming and funding of the Mujahideen thanks in large part to the efforts of Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.

The Reagan years were marked by a renewed push for capitalism, business, with national efforts to de-regulate industries such as telecommunications and aviation.

In March 1986, he told Israeli Foreign Affairs that South Africa was a major contributor to the Reagan administration's efforts to help the anti-Sandinista forces.

The Magnetometer Support Unit: Formed to ensure that all persons entering secure areas occupied by Secret Service protectees are unarmed, the Secret Service began relying on magnetometer ( metal detector ) support by Uniformed Division officers to augment its protective efforts away from the White House following the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

In 1981, following the election of US President Ronald Reagan, aid for the mujahideen through Zia's Pakistan significantly increased, mostly due to the efforts of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced the Teacher in Space Project, and McAuliffe learned about NASA's efforts to find the first civilian, an educator, to fly into space.

While the meeting itself was confidential, Reagan emerged from it with support and enthusiasm for Savimbi's efforts, stating that he could envision a UNITA " victory that electrifies the world ," suggesting that Reagan saw the outcome of the Angolan conflict as critical to his entire Reagan Doctrine foreign policy, consisting of support for anti-communist resistance movements in Central America, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere.

The Other Eighties: A Secret History of America in the Age of Reagan ( Hill & Wang ; 2011 ) 242 pages ; emphasis on efforts by the political left

After Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980, FOE led the opposition to Interior secretary James G. Watt's efforts to sell and lease public lands in the West and develop land adjacent to the National Parks.

When the story broke simultaneously in the Post and Times on January 27, 1982, it was dismissed as propaganda by the Reagan administration, as it seriously undermined efforts by the US government to bolster the human rights image of the Salvadoran government, which the US was supporting with large amounts of military aid.

Chapter five, " The Iraq Connection ", looks at the background to the 2003 Iraq War, beginning with an analysis of the activities of the Reagan administration in the 1980s, who focused their military efforts in Central America and the Middle East.

During the years following operation Litani, many diplomatic efforts were made which tried to end the war on the Israeli-Lebanese border, including the effort of Philip Habib, the emissary of Ronald Reagan who in the summer of 1981 managed to arrange a lasting cease-fire between Israel and the PLO which lasted about a year.

Realignment was hastened by the turbulent one-term Presidency of native-son Jimmy Carter, the popularity of Ronald Reagan, organizational efforts of the Republican Party, and the perception of a growing liberalism within the Democratic Party.

Nancy Reagan was asked about her efforts in the campaign, and said: " If you can save just one child, it's worth it.

The severe economic downturn in almost the entire western hemisphere was addressed by Orfila with efforts to renegotiate Latin American debt repayments ; this met with opposition in the Reagan Administration on this, as well, and on 26 October 1983, the OAS voted to condemn the U. S. invasion of Grenada, making Orfila's policy rift with Reagan final.

Former Southern Partisan editor and co-owner Richard Quinn used the term when he referred to Richard T. Hines, former Southern Partisan contributor and Reagan administration staffer as being " among the first neo-Confederates to resist efforts by the infidels to take down the Confederate flag.

Although he was on the losing side, Laxalt's national profile increased dramatically as a result of his efforts on behalf of Reagan.

In 1985, IRD co-sponsored a conference with the Reagan administration, where speakers attacked the National Council of Churches for its efforts to develop contacts with church leaders in the Soviet Union.

In 1980, he was an early and avid supporter of Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign, and remained a Reagan stalwart, supporting his efforts to reduce taxes, revive the economy, halt Soviet expansionism and rebuild America's defenses.