Reagan's Military Buildup Strengthening America's Defense

Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989. ... Ronald Reagan announced to the nation – after weeks of denials – that members of his White House staff had engaged in a web of covert ... than $20,000 a year - have suffered 70 percent of President Reagan's budget cuts. . . . many Americans are no better off today than they were four years ago ... by President Reagan can be seen in the estimates for the. 1986 budget, in which 19.9% of GNP, rather than the current 23 %, is scheduled to be spent. The ... Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him. Since President Reagan was elected for the first time in 1980, some ... Reagan budget cuts make today the day the poor have dreaded. (1981, October ... Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful ... His economic agenda -- known as Reaganomics -- was characterized by tax cuts, deficit spending and lower inflation. Yet, critics of the government were not sleeping during the era of big government. Academics, conservative think tanks, and political leaders were laying the ... 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 ...