Reagan's Foreign Policy Triumphs A Global Statesman

Ronald Reagan figured that if you cut taxes on companies and the very wealthy and reduced regulations on business, they would invest more, the economy would ... Elected in 1980 and inaugurated in 1981, one of Ronald Reagan's main goals was to restore America's faltering economy. Inflation was the top concern for ... Reagan's final legacy is that he reignited Americans' optimism and restored Americans' faith in the presidency. We had become very pessimistic in ... At a more philosophical level, the Reagan Administration hired and cultivated a number of lawyers and legal activists who not only opposed both ... In reality, he increased government spending, cut taxes and turned the United States from a creditor to a debtor nation. During his presidency, ... Still, Reagan's popularity went up in 1988 when he helped bring an end to the Cold War, a long period of tensions between the United States and the former ... Former United States President Ronald Reagan's use of media and his charismatic connection with viewers earned him the moniker “the great ... GWEN IFILL: Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever to serve as president, the longest-living ex-president, and the first American president to ... by Burton Yale Pines Ronald Reagan's last day as President of the United States will be January 20. ... This violated a long traditio n in the ... Since Ronald Reagan left office -- and particularly after his death -- his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats ...