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"Trust, but verify", used by Ronald Reagan when discussing relations with the Soviet Union. Originally a Russian proverb. "Mistakes were made", said by Ronald Reagan in the 1987 State of the Union Address in reference to the Iran-Contra affair. Repeated by many others, including Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. [20]
Ronald Reagan was born on this day in 1911. We look back on how his presidency shaped Republicans. ... The White House hailed Reagan Thursday as "a giant of American history, a lion of freedom and ...
The 1987 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on January 27, 1987, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 100th United States Congress.
Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the November 1980 presidential election with pressure being added to the negotiations by the President-Elect's talk of not paying "ransom for people who have been kidnapped by barbarians", [14] and a New Year's Day threat from Radio Tehran that if the United States did not accept Iran's demands the ...
Social media posts claiming that Thomas Jefferson said the "greatest danger to freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution" are false. Fact check: 'Greatest danger to American freedom ...
The post included a real photo of Trump and Reagan shaking hands, but the quote appears to be false. Trump shares faux Ronald Reagan quote suggesting Reagan predicted Trump’s election — in ...
James Gaius Watt (January 31, 1938 – May 27, 2023) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and civil servant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Ronald Reagan administration from 1981 to 1983. He was described as "anti-environmentalist" and was one of Ronald Reagan's most controversial cabinet appointments. [1]
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.It was held on November 19‑21, 1985, between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.