Editing Reagan Doctrine (section)

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The Reagan Doctrine continued into the administration of Reagan's successor, [[George H. W. Bush]], who won the presidency in November 1988. Bush's presidency featured the final years of the Cold War and the [[Gulf War]], but the Reagan Doctrine soon faded from U.S. policy as the Cold War ended.<ref>[http://www.doublestandards.org/gould1.html Excerpted from ''The Reagan Doctrine: Third World Rollack'', End Press, 1989.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108070306/http://www.doublestandards.org/gould1.html |date=2007-11-08 }}</ref> Bush also noted a presumed [[peace dividend]] to the end of the Cold War with economic benefits of a decrease in [[Military budget|defense spending]]. However, following the presidency of [[Bill Clinton]], a change in United States foreign policy was introduced with the presidency of his son [[George W. Bush]] and the new [[Bush Doctrine]], who increased military spending in response to the September 11 attacks.

In Nicaragua, the [[Nicaraguan Revolution#Contra War|Contra War]] ended after the Sandinista government, facing military and political pressure, agreed to new elections, in which the contras' political wing participated, in 1990. In Angola, an agreement in 1989 met Savimbi's demand for the removal of Soviet, Cuban, and other military troops and advisors from Angola. Also in 1989, in relation to Afghanistan, Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] labeled the war against the U.S.-supported ''mujahideen'' a "bleeding wound" and ended the Soviet occupation of the country.<ref>[http://countrystudies.us/afghanistan/96.htm "The Soviet Decision to Withdraw, 1986-1988" U.S. Library of Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807031552/http://countrystudies.us/afghanistan/96.htm |date=2011-08-07 }}.</ref>