Reagan's Leadership in Crisis Managing National Challenges

Washington, D.C., November 25, 2016 – Exactly thirty years ago, President Ronald Reagan announced to the nation – after weeks of denials ... GWEN IFILL: Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever to serve as president, the longest-living ex-president, and the first American president to ... Ronald Reagan associated himself with optimism and renewal for the United States of the 1980s; under his presidency it was, as his famous 1984 ... He also appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court. Reagan became an iconic figure who has been praised by later Republican presidential candidates. Reagan's domestic policies had a major impact on the American people and have had for many years. He followed up the passage of the largest tax cut in U.S. ... Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, reflects on his journey through Washington, beginning with his work ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ... At the time that Ronald Reagan's second presidential term of office expired, there was mudh speculation about whether his presidency had produced a lasting ... Reagan has set a very important example for future presidents. The Reagan Doctrine. The Reagan Doctrine is a policy of true liberation. It ... As U.S. President, Reagan reduced government spending in a host of areas like public housing and food stamps. However, his administration was a ...