Tower Commission

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Tower Commission

Commissioned on November 26 1986 by American President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
, the Tower Commission was in response to the Iran Contra scandal. Taking effect on December 1, Reagan appointed Senator John Tower

John Tower

John Goodwin Tower was the first Republican Party United States Senate from Texas since Reconstruction era of the United States. He served from 1961 until his retirement in January 1985, after which time he was the chairman of the Ronald Reagan-appointed Tower Commission that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair....
, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie

Edmund Muskie

Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie was an United States Democratic Party politician from Maine. He served as Governor of Maine, as United States Senate, and as United States Secretary of State....
, and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft was the National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force....
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The commission uncovered that Reagan did not have anything to do with the scandal, but was nonetheless criticized for not knowing about the actions of those under him.

Oliver North

Oliver North

Oliver Laurence North is an United States best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. Currently, he is a political commentator, host of "War Stories with Oliver North" on Fox News Channel, and a New York Times best-selling author....
, John Poindexter

John Poindexter

John Marlan Poindexter is a retired American naval officer and United States Department of Defense official. He was Deputy National Security Advisor and United States National Security Advisor for the Reagan administration....
, Caspar Weinberger

Caspar Weinberger

Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger GBE , was an Politics of the United States and United States Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987, making him the third longest-serving defense secretary to date, after Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld....
, and others were implicated.

A major result of the Tower Commission was the consensus that Reagan should have listened to his National Security Advisor more, thereby placing more power in the hands of that chair.