Commissioned on November 26, 1986 by President Reagan, the Tower Commission was in response to the Iran Contra scandal. Taking effect on December 1, Reagan appointed: Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft. November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Famous people with the family name Reagan include: Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States Nancy Reagan, the wife of Ronald Reagan and influential First Lady Ron Reagan, President Reagans son and liberal journalist Michael Reagan, President Reagans son and conservative talk show host John Henninger... In the Iran-Contra Affair, United States President Ronald Reagans administration secretly sold arms to Iran, which was engaged in a bloody war with its neighbor Iraq from 1980 to 1988 (see Iran-Iraq War), and diverted the proceeds to the Contra rebels fighting to overthrow the leftist and... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was a conservative Republican United States Senator from Houston, Texas. ... Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Edmund Marciszewski) (March 28, 1914–March 26, 1996) was a Polish-American politician from Maine. ... Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft KBE (born 19 March 1925 in Ogden, Utah), USAF (Ret. ...

Previous to the commission's findings Reagan had declined any knowledge of the scandal when it had occured. However, the Tower Commission uncovered undeniable evidence of his envolvement in the scandal. Nevertheless, Reagan survived the scandal.

Oliver North, Poindexter, Weinberger, and others were also implicated. Oliver North Oliver Laurence North (b. ... Poindexter is a character in the fictional Felix the Cat universe. ... Caspar Cap W(illard). ...

A major result of the Tower Commission was the concensus that Reagan should have listened to his National Security Advisor more, thereby placing more power in the hands of that chair. The National Security Advisor was to be seen as a "honest broker" and not someone who would use their position to further their political agenda.-1...