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The Tower Commission was a United States presidential commission established on December 1, 1986, by President Ronald Reagan in response to the Iran–Contra affair. The commission, composed of former s
President Ronald Reagan (center) receives the Tower Commission Report regarding the Iran-Contra affair in the Cabinet Room with John Tower (left) and Edmund Muskie (right)
Edmund Muskie
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie was an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and naval officer who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. A member
Tower Commission
…of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo). The commission, composed of former senator John Tower of Texas, former secretary of state Edmund Muskie, and former national security advisor Brent Scowcroft, was tasked with reviewing the proper role of the National Security Council staff in national…
Muskie as Governor of Maine, 1950s
Muskie (far left) and his wife Jane (far right) with Terry Sanford (second from left) and his wife Margaret Rose (second from right) in 1980
The floor of the Maine House of Representatives.
"Muskie For Maine" campaign poster for the governorhip of Maine in 1954