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  USA-Presidents.Info - Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 — June 5, 2004) was the 40th (1981—1989) President of the United States and the 33rd (1967—1975) Governor of California.
Reagan continued to defend the SDI program and gave a speech on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the Strategic Defense Initiative in 1993.
Reagan professed ignorance of the plot, but admitted that he had supported the initial sale of arms to Iran, on the grounds that such sales were supposed to help secure the release of Americans being held hostage by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon.
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 Reagan, Ronald Wilson. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Reagan’s presidency had barely begun when he was shot by a would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr., on Mar. 30, 1981; he recovered completely and quickly.
The last years of Reagan’s presidency were disrupted by the Iran-contra affair, which broke in late 1986 and involved the White House’s complicity in the illegal diversion of profits from arms-for-hostage deals with Iran to the U.S.-supported contra guerrillas fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
In 1994, Reagan disclosed that he had Alzheimer’s disease in hope of increasing public awareness of the illness; he died of complications from the disease a decade later.
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 Ronald Reagan - Wikimedia Commons
English: Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975).
Ronald Reagan's 4th Grade Class Photo in Tampico, Illinois 1920 (Ronald Reagan is in the second row at far left with his hand on his chin).
Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan aboard a boat in California, 1964.
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 From Revolution to Reconstruction: Presidents: Ronald Wilson Reagan: Biography
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois (about 100 miles -160 kilometers- West of Chicago) on February 8th, 1911.
Meanwhile Reagan was involved in the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and was the organization's president from 1947 till 1952.
Reagan had been in the speech circuit prior to being a governor and he returned there now until he became the republican presidential candidate in 1980.
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 Ronald Wilson Reagan (washingtonpost.com)
RONALD REAGAN'S was perhaps the most personal of all American presidencies, in the sense that it derived from the firsthand experiences -- personal and tangible -- of the president himself.
Reagan's inattentiveness to detail, as well as to some fairly major goings-on, was well known, and in at least one instance -- what came to be known as the Iran-contra scandal -- it hurt him, his administration and the country.
Reagan had, from boyhood, a sunny, almost obstinate optimism of the kind that is very much a part of the mental makeup of the nation.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A19112-2004Jun5.html   (1407 words)

  
 Ronald Wilson Reagan — FactMonster.com
Reagan earned a BA degree in 1932 from Eureka (Ill.) College, where a photographic memory aided in his studies and in debating and college theatricals.
Ronald Wilson Reagan - Reagan, Ronald Wilson, 1911–2004, 40th president of the United States (1981–89), b.
Ronald Reagan - Ronald Reagan president, actor, sportscaster Born: 2/6/1911 Birthplace: Tampico, Illinois The 40th...
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 WNC: RONALD WILSON REAGAN
In contrast, Ronald Reagan saw Soviet Communism as a menace to be confronted, in the genuine belief that it squalled underpinnings would fall swiftly to the gathering winds of freedom, provided -- as he said -- that NATO and the industrialized democracies stood firm and united.
Ronald Reagan was a President who inspired his nation and transformed the world.
Ronald Reagan fulfilled both, with elegance and ease, embodying himself that unusual alchemy of history and tradition and achievement and inspirational conduct and national pride that define the special role the President of the United States of America must assume at all times, at home and around the world.
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 40th President, Ronald Wilson Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born February 6, 1911, to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois.
Reagan declared war against international terrorism, sending American bombers against Libya after evidence came out that Libya was involved in an attack on American soldiers in a West Berlin nightclub.
Overall, the Reagan years saw a restoration of prosperity, and the goal of peace through strength seemed to be within grasp.
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 The Life of Ronald Wilson Reagan
On February 6, 1911 in a second-floor apartment in the mid-western farming town of Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the second son of John Edward (Jack) and Nelle Wilson Reagan was born.
When President Reagan spoke at the Brandenberg Gate in West Berlin, Germany on June 12,1987, he was speaking to those on the west side of the wall but could be heard by those on the east side of the wall when he said, "Mr.
[ The Funeral of Ronald Wilson Reagan ]
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 RONALD WILSON REAGAN: 1911 - 2004
With high tribute and tender recollection, the nation is bidding final farewell to Ronald Reagan in funeral rites shaped by the 40th president himself to evoke his lifelong optimism and certainty about America and its place in the world.
Ronald Reagan, who at 69 was the oldest man ever elected president of the United States, maintained a thumbs-up demeanor for the public during several bouts with illness during and after his presidency.
Nancy Reagan was at the Gipper's side for a half-century in his journey from motion pictures and head of the Screen Actors Guild to California governor and president of the United States.
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 Ronald Wilson Reagan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It was in their factory that Ronald got his first job at age three, helping to affix labels to corned beef, which was in high demand during World War I. The number 69 appears to be of some astrological importance to Reagan.
Reagan confirmed reports that his administration had traded the secret password for the popular Nintendo game so that hostages in the Middle East would be released.
Reagan lost international respect and gained the nickname Ronald McDonald: he was known as a clown steeped in his own American indollence.
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 CNN Cold War - Profile: Ronald Wilson Reagan
In 1966 Reagan ran for office himself, urged on by a group of California Republicans.
Reagan was a popular president, even though he outraged others with what they saw as a lack of understanding of, or even interest in, vital policy issues.
Domestically, Reagan pursued a contradictory policy of federal tax cuts and a massive military buildup; abroad he was an anti-communist crusader.
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 Brian's Attic: Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911-2004
After a public service at the National Cathedral, Ronald Wilson Reagan's body was airlifted to the west coast in the plane that has served as Air Force One.
Reagan had said that he wanted to be there for the California sunset.
The first four paragraphs of Reagan's words are excerpts from his valedictory speech to the Republican national convention, August 17, 1992, from a longer excerpt in the Green Bay News-Chronicle, Green Bay WI, June 8.
www.brendans-island.com /writing/reagan.htm   (981 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Mourning in America: Ronald Reagan Dies at 93 - U.S. & World
Reagan's body was expected to be taken to his presidential library and museum in Simi Valley, Calif., and then flown to Washington to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
Reagan, known as "The Great Communicator," was elected to office in a landslide victory over incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1980 and is credited with revitalizing the country's stagnant economy and forcing the end of the Cold War (search) during his two terms in office from 1981 to 1989.
Reagan was hawkish in foreign policy, staunchly committed to thwarting the spread of communism. His administration gave strong financial and military support to the Contra Rebels who were fighting Nicaragua's communist government and supported the government of El Salvador's fight against communist guerillas and rebels resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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 Ronald Reagan
Reagan was an eligible bachelor at the time he visited Old Tucson since he and his first wife, Jane Wyman, had been divorced on June 6, 1948.
Reagan's older son, Michael Reagan, whom he and Jane Wyatt adopted just before they were divorced, was sent to the private Judson School in Paradise Valley.
Reagan had become increasingly interested in politics and had even given more than 200 speeches in support of Richard Nixon's unsuccessful 1960 presidential campaign as a "Democrat for Nixon." In 1962 he changed is party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
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 RONALD WILSON REAGAN, 1911—2004
Reagan's EO was re-established under the current administration, and it is this publication's ardent hope – and calculated expectation – that the principles of that Order will be seen to bear fruit in a second Bush term.
It was President Reagan who had the vision to see that Communist Socialism was doomed to failure, and it was Reagan who had the leadership ability necessary to instill that vision in others.
The body of Ronald Wilson Reagan, faithful servant of God and of the American people, was slated for rest at sunset this day; his body will be buried on a hill on the grounds of his Presidential Library, looking West over the Pacific Ocean.
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 Ronald Wilson Reagan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Ronald Reagan was perhaps the most vocal and adamant Pro-Life president in the history of the United States.
In honor of President Reagan and his outstanding Pro-Life legacy, please consider making a contribution to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.  The Susan B. Anthony List will send one check combined from the contributions from all of our members.  Each contributor will be listed and we will include a letter to Mrs.
Reagan letting her know that we are so appreciative of her husband’s heartfelt stance in support of life throughout his political career.
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 WNC: RONALD WILSON REAGAN
Ronald Reagan spent decades in the film industry and in politics, fields known on occasion to change a man. But not this man. From Dixon to Des Moines, to Hollywood to Sacramento, to Washington, DC, all who met him remembered the same, sincere, honest, upright fellow.
President Reagan was optimistic about the great promise of economic reform, and he acted to restore the rewards and spirit of enterprise.
Ronald Reagan carried himself even in the most powerful office with a decency and attention to small kindnesses that also define a good life.
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 Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911-2004
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois in 1911 and died quietly in his California home on June 5th, 2004, after living for several years with Alzheimer's disease.
In the Iran-Contra Affair, United States President Ronald Reagan's administration secretly sold arms to Iran, which was engaged in a bloody war with its neighbor Iraq from 1980 to 1988 (see Iran-Iraq War), and diverted the proceeds to the Contra rebels fighting to overthrow the leftist democratically-elected Sandinista government of Nicaragua.
Reagan claimed he had not been informed of the operation Despite a January 1, 1986 entry in Reagan's personal diary that stated "I agreed to sell TOWs to Iran," the Tower Commission, which implicated North, Poindexter, and Weinberger, amongst others, could not conclusively determine the degree of Reagan's involvement.
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 Ronald Wilson Reagan Biography (Reference) - TeacherVision.com
Ronald Wilson Reagan rode to the presidency in 1980 on a tide of resurgent right-wing sentiment among an electorate battered by winds of unwanted change, longing for a distant, simpler era.
Reagan can point to numerous domestic achievements as well: sharp cuts in income tax rates, sweeping tax reform, creating economic growth without inflation, and reducing the unemployment rate, among others.
Reagan won a B.A. degree in 1932 from Eureka (Ill.) College, where a photographic memory aided in his studies and in debating and college theatricals.
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