Reagan's Conservative Agenda Its Enduring Influence on American Politics

... term Presi- dent since Eisenhower, and the longest living President of the United States. During his 8 years in office, REAGAN was wounded by an assassin's. Reagan was twice elected President of the Screen Actors Guild, the labor union for actors, where he worked to root out Communist influence. In the 1950s, he ... Reagan's approach—applying intensive economic and military pressure to a superpower adversary—became foundational to American strategic thinking ... With the retiremnent of Ronald Reagan from active political life; the long term effects of his policies and programs need to be addressed. This in ... What isn't so easy to forgive is the Reagan Doctrine, sometimes known as Third World Rollback. Rollback was the American end of the proxy war ... He tripled the national debt and started the deregulation of Wall St. which set us on a pattern of financial chicanery that led to the 2008 ... Former executive assistant to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, discussed the man, the president and his lasting impact on politics today during a public event. When President Reagan took office, he promised to rebuild the nation's defenses, restore economic growth, and trim the size of the federal government. Reagan strongly believed that American ingenuity could conquer technological obstacles. This belief is what drove his pursuit of SDI, despite ... He challenged the Soviet Union aggressively, hoping to show the Soviets that the United States had regained its will and compel them to enter serious ...