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Edwin Meese Biography and Timeline

Follow Edwin Meese through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.

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Edwin Meese, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records

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1984–1986Years on this page

1984

Attorney General

President of USA · Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Attorney General

Role range: 1981-1989

1986

20 November 1986

Scandal

Politics / Republican Party

Initiates a review of the Iran Contra Affair on the orders of President Reagan

25 November 1986

Crisis

Politics / Republican Party

Announces North diverted $30 Iran arms sales to Swiss accounts for Nicaraguan Contras

Records, sources and methodology

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