Ronald Reagan A President of Consequence and Controversy

One was an avid capitalist, an actor-turned-U.S. president determined to quash America's nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union's “evil ... GWEN IFILL: Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever to serve as president, the longest-living ex-president, and the first American president to ... At a more philosophical level, the Reagan Administration hired and cultivated a number of lawyers and legal activists who not only opposed both ... Ronald Reagan brought a lightness and benevolence to the serious business of the Oval Office that few have been able to match. He had inherited ... 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 ... he brought conservatism into the government, brought back american pride and exceptionalism, and ended the communist threat.Describes reagan's influence in ... 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 ... When was this blissful time when thrift and hard work were rewarded and the government knew its place? Certainly not when Reagan was actually ... As Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency, he was greatly troubled by what he saw around the world. For more than three decades, the U.S. and ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ...