J. Daniel Howard Carlucci and his deputy, General Colin Powell. Howard focussed on arms control issues and remained through the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in January 1988. He also dealt with many issues associated with the Iran–Contra affair. On December 21, 1987, President Reagan nominated Howard to serve as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) and Howard would hold this post from February 1988 through May 1989. He worked for Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci and dealt with the aftermath of the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655 by the U.S.S. "Vincennes" and the explosion of a gun mount
Frank Carlucci the Iberian Peninsula, is named for him. Carlucci was Deputy Director of the CIA from 1978 until.1981, under CIA Director Stansfield Turner. Carlucci was United States Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1981 until 1983. He later served as United States National Security Advisor from 1986 until 1987. Carlucci became United States Secretary of Defense in 1987, following the resignation of Caspar Weinberger due to his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. He served as Secretary of Defense until the end of the Reagan administration on January 20, 1989. He was notable during the administration for advocating an arms build-up to hasten