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Ronald Reagan: President Reagan
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Apparently, before Secret Service agents could muscle the elderly president into his bulletproof limo, a shot had ricocheted off the armored sedan's fender, plowing into Reagan's armpit and puncturing the Gipper's lung. Had Hinckley scored a more direct hit that day, Vice President George Bush almost certainly would have ascended to the presidency, sloughing off his second-banana status eight years ahead of schedule.
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Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy (1981-82) in the Ronald Reagan administration. "President Reagan and Treasury Secretary Regan credited him with a major role in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, and he was awarded the Treasury Department’s Meritorious Service Award for 'his outstanding contributions to the formulation of United States economic policy.' From 1975 to 1978, Dr. Roberts served on the congressional staff where he drafted the Kemp-Roth bill and played a leading role in developing bipartisan support for a supply-side economic policy." [4]
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President Reagan's widow, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, has been an outspoken proponent in favor of embryonic stem cell research because of its promising medical potential. Her advocacy has reinvigorated the call for expanded research in this field.
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Nancy Reagan lays her head on the flag draped casket of President Reagan.Reagan holds the record for the longest-living President in American history. John Adams lived a record 90 years and 247 days before Reagan surpassed it on October 11, 2001.
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Reagan’s campaign capitalized on his opponent Jimmy Carter’s perceived weaknesses (recession, unemployment, inflation, soaring gas prices, hostages in Iran, Billy), and he won 91% of the electoral vote. At 69, Reagan became the person with the oldest balls ever elected President.
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One of President Reagan's most famous speeches was delivered on June 12, 1987. He stood at the Brandenburg Gate , in what was then West Berlin. He gestured to the wall that had stood as a divider since 1961, and in front of the world, he called the Soviet Union onto the carpet:
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