# What's the biggest crisis to happen in a president's last days?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 21, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-crisis-to-happen-in-a-presidents-last-days/728458 "2015-08-21T18:44:15Z")
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### Author: ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-crisis-to-happen-in-a-presidents-last-days/728458/21 "2015-08-23T14:06:33Z")

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> [@FlikTheBlue](#):
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> There was also the Iran hostage crisis at the end of Carter’s term.

Is this a whoosh? The Iran hostage crisis was known because of the way it ran on throughout a good potion of Carter’s term of office and ended on the last day of his term.

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### Author: ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-crisis-to-happen-in-a-presidents-last-days/728458/22 "2015-08-24T20:41:01Z")

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Bush the Elder sent combat troops into Somalia in December 1992 (Operation Restore Hope), just weeks before leaving office.

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