Why were people living in port cities some of the earliest victims of the plague? The plague spread along sea trade routes.

People fleeing the plague traveled on the sea.

The germs for the plague lived in ocean water.

People in port cities ate fish affected by the plague.

The tower commission, appointed by president reagan in 1987 to investigate how the iran-contra affair had happened, concluded that most of the blame lay with a. president reagan himself, for careless management of his subordinates b. congress, for poorly drawn legislation that failed to define carefully the role of the president's national security council c. the american people, for failing to pay attention to the conduct of international affairs d. the federal courts, for having allowed excessive power to flow to the executive branch