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Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Reagan's presidency is noted for significant tax cuts, a strong anti-communist foreign policy, and the deregulation of various industries. His administration also faced challenges such as the Iran-Contra affair and economic issues, including inflation and unemployment.

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Jun 6, 1988

Mr. Glennon was a Foreign Service officer for the Department of State.

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Jun 5, 1988

H.R. 3436 is seriously objectionable because inadequate funding of the services promised by the bill would add $9 billion to the FY 1990 deficit.

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Jun 5, 1988

H.R. 3436 would expand Medicare to cover non-acute, non-medical care.

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Jun 5, 1988

America lost a leading apostle of a just and colorblind society.

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Jun 5, 1988

H.R. 3436 attempts to address the complex, difficult issue of long-term health care without the benefit of careful deliberation or public hearings.

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Jun 5, 1988

Penny insisted that the full brunt of the law should be brought to bear on discrimination.

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Jun 5, 1988

No adequate justification has been offered to warrant intervention in the marketplace by the Federal Government in this manner.

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Jun 5, 1988

With Penny's passing, I have lost a loyal friend and a compatriot deeply committed to my administration.

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Jun 5, 1988

Nations distrust each other not because they are armed; they are armed because they distrust each other.

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Jun 5, 1988

It is inappropriate as a means of providing income protection from long-term care expenses.

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Jun 5, 1988

One day all Americans will be judged not by stereotypes and prejudices but on their own merits, qualifications, performance.

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Jun 5, 1988

Natural gas is a clean-burning, abundant, competitively priced fuel found within our borders.

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Jun 5, 1988

Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth.

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Jun 5, 1988

Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited and unintrusive.

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Jun 5, 1988

My friends, if you're wondering about the weather back in Moscow, well, lately most of the days have been sunny and mild.

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Jun 5, 1988

Hearing aid compatible telephones are readily available to consumers.

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Jun 3, 1988

Imagine it—hundreds and then thousands of young people who have firsthand knowledge of each other's country and, yes, who have made friends.

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Jun 3, 1988

It's my hope that what took place on my Moscow visit will lead to still greater individual freedom for the peoples of the Soviet Union.

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Jun 3, 1988

These missiles will not simply have been shuffled around on the map or placed in storage; they will have been destroyed.

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