Alan McPherson’s book treats the Iran-Contra affair as a turning point in U.S. history which normalized the erosion of key ...

Before his trial, American prisoner Eugene Hasenfus is led by two Sandinista guards to the place where his plane was shot down. (Claude Urraca/Sygma via Getty Images) On Oct. 5, 1986, a cargo plane ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over ...

A moderate Democrat from Indiana for 34 years, he chaired the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees and helped ...

Eugene Hasenfus, a former Marine who was a major figure in the 1986 Iran-Contra arms affair after his gunrunning cargo plane was shot down over Nicaragua, died on Nov. 26. He was 84. According to his ...

Lawrence Walsh, the special prosecutor who investigated charges of wrongdoing and criminality by top Reagan administration officials in the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 102. The Iran-Contra ...

Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him. Battling the Cuban-backed Sandinistas, the Contras were, ...

MADISON, Wis.(AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov.