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Ronald_Reagan_TV_Address_1981.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 3 min 22 s, 640 × 480 pixels, 1.1 Mbps overall, file size: 26.38 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .
We begin bombing in five minutes" is the last sentence of a controversial, off-the-record joke made by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1984, during the Cold War. While preparing for a scheduled radio address from his vacation home in California, Reagan joked with those present about outlawing and bombing Russia.
In addition, the speech addressed welfare issues and proposed that new programs be created to support poor families. Reagan also asked that he be given the authority of a line-item veto. [2] The speech lasted approximately 31 minutes [3] and contained 3,514 words. [4] The address was broadcast live on radio and television.
Some observers described it at the time as the most comprehensive economic proposal since President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his New Deal program in March 1933. [3] When President Reagan handed House Speaker Tip O’Neill the printed copy, O’Neill reportedly said, "Mr. President, good luck." [3]
Reagan preparing for his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office, 1989. Reagan's effectiveness as a public speaker earned him the moniker, "Great Communicator." ." Former Reagan speechwriter Ken Khachigian wrote, "What made him the Great Communicator was Ronald Reagan's determination and ability to educate his audience, to bring his ideas to life by using illustrations and word ...
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., lit into the “weirdos” that he said are tearing the United States apart, in a fiery speech at the Reagan Foundation that connected the hyperbolic political debates of ...
Listed below are executive orders numbered 12287-12667, signed by United States President Ronald Reagan (1981–1989). He signed 381 executive orders. [9] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations, national security decision directives and national security study directives. Signature of ...
By Andy Sullivan. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans take control of the U.S. Congress next month, they plan to rely on a maneuver called "reconciliation" to ...