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	Announcement of the Presentation of the Presidential Citizens Medal to Larry M. Speakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Speakes was vice president of the international public relations firm of Hill and Knowlton in 1977 - 1981.
		Speakes came to Washington in 1968 as press secretary to Senator James O. Eastland (D-MS), serving as spokesman for the Committee on the Judiciary and a coordinator for Senator Eastland's 1972 reelection campaign.
		Speakes joined the Nixon administration as a Staff Assistant to the President and was later appointed Press Secretary to the Special Counsel to the President.
	www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1987/013087a.htm (590 words)

	Presidential Citizens Medal - Announcement of the Presentation of the Presidential Citizens Medal to Larry M. Speakes ...
		Speakes was vice president of the international public relations firm of Hill and Knowlton in 1977 - 1981.
		Speakes came to Washington in 1968 as press secretary to Senator James O. Eastland (D-MS), serving as spokesman for the Committee on the Judiciary and a coordinator for Senator Eastland's 1972 reelection campaign.
		Speakes joined the Nixon administration as a Staff Assistant to the President and was later appointed Press Secretary to the Special Counsel to the President.
	www.citizensmedal.com /LarrySpeakes.htm (769 words)

	Larry Speakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		'''Larry Speakes''' (born September 13 1939) was the spokesman for the White House under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987.
		Speakes headed to Washington, DC in 1968, serving as press secretary to Senator James Eastland of Mississippi.
		The White House tapped Speakes in 1974 as a Staff Assistant and soon became the Press Secretary to the Special Counsel to the President at the height of the Watergate scandal.
	larry-speakes.iqnaut.net (421 words)

	Boston Globe Online / Table of Contents
		Speakes made the statement that unleashed Modigliani's fury, and wit, on Monday, in response to a reporter asking if he had any reaction to the economist's criticism earlier that day of budget-balancing legislation supported by President Reagan.
		Speakes has received criticism similar to Modigliani's in the past, most recently from Italian-Americans who said they were offended by his reference to "EYE-talians" when discussing the hijacking of a cruise ship by Palestinian terrorists.
		Speakes was also called to task last year for mispronouncing the name of Martin Feldstein, then head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers.
	www.boston.com /globe/search/stories/nobel/1985/1985m.html (589 words)

	Larry Speakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Larry M. Speakes (born September 13, 1939) was the spokesman for the White House under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987.
		Speakes is married to Laura Crawford, with whom he has three children.
		On August 5, 1983, Speakes was appointed "Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary," and remained in that post until January of 1987, when he resigned and Marlin Fitzwater took over the role.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larry_Speakes (851 words)

	Prologue - Prologue: Selected Articles
		Speakes then had an aide draft some quotes, polished them up, and told reporters that they were things the President had said.
		Speakes dismissed them as "taking a bit of liberty with my P.R. man's license" in order to "spruce up the President's image."18 The trouble with this argument is that nobody had given Larry Speakes a publicity man's license.
		Larry Speakes said its occupant is "the second most visible person in the country, which can be not only an honor but a headache."22 President Johnson's George Reedy said, "The only reason for the press secretary's job is that the President cannot deal with the press 24 hours a day.
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/1999/summer/presidential-press-secretary-2.html?template=print (1505 words)

	Ronald Reagan Remembered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Q: Larry, does the President have any reaction to the announcement the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, that AIDS is now an epidemic and have over 600 cases?
		SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he's had no (laughter) no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is.
		SPEAKES: I thought I heard you on the State Department over there.
	www.aidsnews.org /2004/06/reagan.html (292 words)

	But Wait, There's More!: World AIDS Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Today several students made announcements about World AIDS Day, and I was moved to speak about the need for our continuing attention to this ongoing humanitarian crisis as well.
		SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he's had no (laughter) no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is.
		There was certainly more death and suffering to come and Speakes tried to turn it into a joke.
	butwait.blogspot.com /2006/12/world-aids-day.html (469 words)

	Recovered History: Reagan's Press Secretary Mocks AIDS Victims : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In a press briefing, Reagan's press secretary mocks AIDS victims and ignores the importance of the emerging epidemic.
		Q: Larry, does the President have any reaction to the announcement — the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, that AIDS is now an epidemic and have over 600 cases?
		SPEAKES: I thought I heard you on the State Department over there.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2004/06/1696928.php (247 words)

	Ronald Reagan & AIDS Remembered
		Q: Larry, does the President have any reaction to the announcement - the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, that AIDS is now an epidemic and have over 600 cases?
		SPEAKES: There has been no personal experience here, Lester.
		SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he's had no - (laughter) - no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is.
	www.natap.org /2004/HIV/061404_01.htm (278 words)

	Facts For Your Files: A Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations
		White House spokesman Larry Speakes re-affirmed U.S. policy: "The United States will not recognize or negotiate with the PLO until the PLO accepts U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338 and Israel's right to exist.
		White House spokesman Larry Speakes said President Reagan telephoned Prime Minister Begin to express his "outrage" over the intensive bombing of West Beirut which was then taking place "when negotiations were at the point of success." A statement read by Mr.
		Speakes said: 'The President made it clear that it is imperative that the ceasefire in place be observed absolutely in order for negotiations to proceed.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/082382/820823006.htm (920 words)

	Facts For Your Files: A Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations
		As Israel prepared to re-deploy its forces in southern Lebanon—raising fears among some observers that a partial pullback would lead to partition of that country—presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said: "In recent weeks some (observers) have questioned the motives underlying this withdrawal by Israel, saying that it presages a permanent partition of Lebanon." Disagreeing, Mr.
		Speakes added: "We (the Administration) are convinced that the Israeli government is committed to the full withdrawal of its forces in Lebanon."
		Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes told reporters that the deaths of two U.S. marines in Lebanon should not trigger a Congressional review of the Marine's role in Lebanon, which could result in the invocation of the War Powers Act.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/090583/830905006.html (704 words)

	REAGAN DEMANDS END TO ATTACKS IN A BLUNT TELEPHONE CALL TO BEGIN /NYT (1982) Candide's Notebooks
		Larry Speakes, the deputy White House press secretary, said Mr.
		Speakes said the Israeli action had threatened the efforts by Philip C. Habib, the special American envoy, to end the fighting in Lebanon and arrange for the withdrawal of the 6,000 to 9,000 Palestinian guerrillas trapped in west Beirut.
		Speakes read a White House statement to reporters after a morning in which President Reagan sent an urgent message to Mr.
	pierretristam.com /Bobst/library/wf-272.htm (1174 words)

	3.4. Speaking Out, The Reagan Presidency From Inside the White House
		This book is a balanced and generally favorable account of the Reagan years 1981 to 1987, written by Reagan's then press secretary Larry Speakes.
		Speakes reply was, "No, he wants to show you the point of entry of yesterday's examination." [SO 239]
		On April fools day, Speakes introduced "Monsieur LePieu" as a French diplomat and a "guest expert" who had met with the president to discuss the international economic situation.
	home.comcast.net /~sharonday7/Presidents/AP03SO.htm (768 words)

	TIME.com: No-Win Situation -- Aug. 19, 1985 -- Page 1
		The incident illustrates the sometimes impossible task Speakes faces in balancing the questions of a properly inquisitive press against the wishes of the First Family.
		Though Speakes initially had replied "sure" to a journalist's query about whether a biopsy would be done, Nancy Reagan remained adamant that as little as possible be released about the operation.
		Speakes, backed by White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, tried to persuade her to be more forthcoming, but to no avail.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050495,00.html (597 words)

	Adolf Reagan - allnurses.com
		Disclaimer: The following is an article by Larry Kramer who is well-known to have a very passionate hatred of the ex-prez.
		Larry Kramer has been a controversal figure in the AIDS/Gay scene for many years.
		Indeed, I have established the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale to document the evil acts that American “history” has performed on us.
	allnurses.com /forums/f112/adolf-reagan-70694.html (2508 words)

	[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Reagan and AIDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the second, from December 11, 1984, an estimated 300,000 people were infected, but Larry Speakes still thought it was all a big joke (literally - he was laughing out loud about it!).
		SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he's had no(laughter)no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is. Q: The President doesn't have gay plague, is that what you're saying or what?
		SPEAKES: This is going to be an AIDS question.
	mlug.missouri.edu /pipermail/discussion/2004-June/008598.html (641 words)

	Amazon.ca: Speaking Out: The Reagan Presidency from Inside the White House: Books: Larry Speakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Starting with the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan that crippled press secretary Jim Brady, whom he succeeded, Speakes self-importantly recounts his part as White House spokesman in the six years that followed.
		This laudatory portrait of Reagan, whom Speakes predicts will rank as a great President, makes light of his "only human" foibles.
		A veteran of the Nixon and Ford press operations, Speakes found one of his problems was preserving the First Family's privacy without antagonizing the media.
	www.amazon.ca /Speaking-Out-Reagan-Presidency-Inside/dp/0380707268 (367 words)

	TestPattern.org
		It was not until Reagan was out of office, in 1991, that the Ryan White CARE Act finally provided federal help for the (by then) hundreds of thousands of Americans living with HIV.
		Transcript of a press conference by Larry Speakes, presidential spokesman, on October 15, 1982.
		SPEAKES: Lester, I have not heard him express anything on it.
	www.testpattern.org /2004/06/reagan-administration-laughed-o (503 words)

	Larry Speakes Quotes
		Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it.
		You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.
		I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
	www.brainyquote.com /quotes/authors/l/larry_speakes.html (144 words)

	TIME.com: Hot Under the Spotlight -- Jul 29, 1985 -- Page 1
		Sessions between White House spokesmen and reporters often include a sharp word or two, but the briefings by Larry Speakes on Ronald Reagan's health, which sometimes seemed more like sparring matches than news conferences, have highlighted some frailties of the President's press office and its tense relationship with the often abrasive White House press corps.
		The tone was set when Speakes distributed copies of the letter temporarily transferring presidential powers to Vice President George Bush but refused to read the missive on live television.
		Some reporters, sensing that Speakes does not have complete access to Reagan's inner circle, take out their frustrations on him, thus contributing to the combative tone of the briefings.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1048401,00.html (800 words)

	Houston Voice Online
		Gay critics â” including New York playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer â” recalled the horrifying early years of the epidemic, when friends and loved ones in New York and San Francisco started dying from Pneumocystis carini pneumonia and Kaposiâs Sarcoma, ailments that were linked to an impaired immune system.
		Shilts reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, which detected the first cases of AIDS before the disease was named, regularly struggled for more funds to conduct crucial research to track the disease.
		SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with [White House physician] Dr. [Daniel] Ruge this morning and heâs had no â” (laughter) â” no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is.
	www.houstonvoice.com /print.cfm?cid=1221 (2348 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Gays Recall a Silent Great Communicator
		In the White House Briefing Room transcript dated October 15, 1982, White House press secretary Larry Speakes is asked:
		Larry Kramer -- the polemicist, playwright and author -- remembers in a telephone interview Reagan's first major speech on AIDS.
		It was on May 31, 1987, under a tent near the banks of the Potomac River.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A37503-2004Jun12?language=printer (856 words)

	excerpts from the book Political Fictions by Joan Didion
		It was Donald Regan, in his I988 For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington, who told us how the schedule reminded the president when it was time to give a birthday present ("a funny hat or a tee shirt bearing a jocular message") to one or another staff member.
		Thus the commitment to speak precedes the knowledge of any issue to speak about, often causing staff to find or create an issue for the speech....
		He refused to listen to Shultz and Weinberger's prudent recommendations that he avoid the foolish enterprise altogether." D'Souza seems not to entirely appreciate that for this actor, given this script, it would have been precisely the suggestion that he was undertaking a "foolish enterprise" that sealed his determination to go with it.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Political/Political_Fictions_Didion.html (3617 words)

	Breaching the Web Archive
		So now, in addition to torturing people, my country is using incendiary white phosphorus shells against civillians, even though the 1980 UN Convention on Certain Weapons bans their use against civilians.
		The story includes this excerpt from a 1982 briefing, where Kinsolving grills Larry Speakes, Reagan's press secretary, about AIDS.
		Of course, the wording of Les's question betrays his predjudice against gays -- but he was asking the question that no one else iwas asking.
	www.papaya-palace.com /katlog/archives/2005_11.html (1351 words)

	Ronald Reagan Remembered - The Body
		Q: Larry, does the President have any reaction to the announcement -- the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, that AIDS is now an epidemic and have over 600 cases?
		Speakes: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he's had no -- (laughter) -- no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is.
		Q: Because I love you Larry, that's why.
	www.thebody.com /atn/401/reagan.html?m52o (429 words)

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