Question

The strategic defense initiative (“star wars”) and efforts to weaken communist regimes in latin america can be attributed to which presidential administration? the ford administration the reagan administration the nixon administration the carter administration

Answer 1

Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars": 1983, Reagan authorized the Defense Department to construct a complex anti-missile defense system in outer space; such defense systems could be built and would force Soviets to launch an expensive research and development program of their own.
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Answer 2

Answer:  Reagan administration

In 1983, Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which was a plan for a space-based missile defense system against any threat of Soviet missiles.  Sometimes people referred to Reagan's plan as "Star Wars."  

The "Iran-Contra Scandal" also happened during the Reagan presidency, when people in his administration were selling arms to Iran and using the proceeds to support opponents of the communist government in Nicaragua.