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 Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reagan was reelected in a landslide in the 1984 presidential election, defeating Carter's Vice President Walter Mondale by winning 49 of 50 states (the only state that he did not receive was Minnesota) and receiving nearly 60 percent of the popular vote.
Reagan began his political life as a Democrat, supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal.
Reagan beat incumbent President Jimmy Carter to win election in a 1980 electoral college landslide, the start of the so-called "Reagan Revolution" that marked a major shift in American electoral politics and brought a 12-seat change in the United States Senate, giving the Republican Party a majority for the first time in 28 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan   (7915 words)

  
 From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1990): Chapter Eight: Presidency of Ronald Reagan (22/22)
President Reagan enjoyed unusually strong popularity at the end of his second term in office, but under the terms of the U.S. Constitution could not run again in 1988.
Despite a slim Republican majority in the Senate, and a House of Representatives controlled by the Democrats, President Reagan succeeded during his first year in office in enacting the major components of his economic program, including a 25-percent tax cut for individuals to be phased in over three years.
U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Arab-Israeli conflict were largely stalemated, although U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz attemped intensive diplomacy during the final year of the Reagan Administration.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1990/ch8_p22.htm   (4171 words)

  
 Reagan Corruption
This is because of the GOP majority in the Senate and the GOP-"Boll Weevil" (or "Dixiecrat") coalition in the House.
Reagan chose the site not to highlight the abuses of racism, but to send a message that he would do his best to bring the return of the old ways to the South.
In August 1992 a hung jury led U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to declare a mistrial in the case of Clair George who was accused of concealing from Congress his knowledge of the Iran-Contra affair.
http://liberalslikechrist.org/about/reagan.html   (7228 words)

  
 Reagan War Crimes
Charters prohibiting the threat or use of force against the political independence of a state.
The right of the Namibian people to self-determination had been firmly established under international law long before the outbreak of the Angolan civil war.
The Reagan administration’s policy to attempt to destabilize the government of Libya violates the terms of the United Nations Charter article 2(4) prohibiting the threat or use of force directed against the political independence of a state.
http://www.rise4news.net/Reagan_War_Crimes.html   (1839 words)

  
 Brief History of DOL - Reagan Administration, 1981-1988
Better success was achieved through changes in enforcement policy, which could be made administratively.
The President also abolished a White House agency that provided voluntary wage and price guidelines.
Donovan was vice president of a construction company in his home state of New Jersey and had been active in Reagan's 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns.
http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/history/dolchp09.htm   (2507 words)

  
 World Politics - Planet Reagan
He won two national elections, the second by a margin so overwhelming that all future landslides will be judged by the high-water mark he achieved against Walter Mondale.
By the end of his term in office, some 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, indicted or investigated for misconduct and/or criminal activities.
Throughout the entirety of Reagan's term, bin Laden and his people were armed, funded and trained by the United States.
http://globalsecurity.com/world_politics/planet_reagan.htm   (1670 words)

  
 Internet Public Library: POTUS
Ronald Reagan -- from The Presidents of the United States of America
Former President Reagan's Speech at the National Republican Convention (1992)
At 69 years old, Reagan was the oldest elected president.
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rwreagan.html   (582 words)

  
 Documents Relating to the Reagan Administration
Ronald Reagan, Speech at the Republican National Convention (August 23, 1984)
Ronald Reagan, Republican National Convention (July 17, 1980)
Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981)
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/gipper.htm   (242 words)

  
 Terrorism Debacles in the Reagan Administration
Reagan administration officials quickly conceded that the CIA manual was “clearly against the law” and violated Reagan’s 1981 executive order banning political assassinations.
Though Reagan spent his entire time in office warring against terrorism, far more American civilians died in terrorist attacks at the end of his reign than at the beginning.
Unfortunately, there were many other U.S. actions during his reign that did not reflect favorably on the U.S. government’s devotion to human rights.
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0406c.asp   (1540 words)

  
 Accomplishments During the1981-1989 Reagan Administration
Under Reagan, we have seen a cut in federal funding of abortions; emphasis on a strong family unit; and the development of family-oriented public policy.
Three countries fell to communism under the Carter administration: Benin (1977), Nicaragua (1979), and Zimbabwe (1980).
There is now a call for prayer in schools.
http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0165_Reagans_accomplishme.html   (457 words)

  
 Reagan administration - SourceWatch
Members of the Reagan administration who served under President Ronald Reagan were as follows:
Members (http://rightweb.irc-online.org/charts/rr-pnac.php) of the Project for the New American Century in the Reagan administration, RightWeb.
This page was last modified 12:44, 8 Apr 2005.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Reagan_administration   (143 words)

  
 Did the Reagan Administration Let Workers Die?
In the 1980s, the Reagan Administration essentially informed the business world that they were not going to prosecute them for violating the law.
One of the things that happened is that OSHA, the Office of Safety and Health Administration, regulations were either not investigated or prosecuted.
Many people assume my position is the Reagan administration didn't relax enforcement of OSHA regulations.
http://www.leftwatch.com/noam_chomsky/chomsky001.html   (406 words)

  
 Reagan administration
Reagan administration actively participated in the following events:
The Reagan administration's Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) pressures several countries—under threat of sanctions—to open their markets to American cigarettes: Japan in September 1986, Taiwan in late 1986, and South Korea in May 1988.
People and organizations involved: Reagan administration, Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=reagan_administration   (265 words)

  
 Video clip of John Hinckley's attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.
One of the bullets ricochets off the limousine and hits the President, lodging in his lung--just three inches from his heart.
A voice yells, "President Reagan, President Reagan!" Hinckley fires six shots from his.22 pistol, hitting four different people, and then is wrestled quickly to the ground.
Video clip of John Hinckley's attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleyvideo.htm   (188 words)

  
 Reagan Administration on Ballistic Missile Defenses
Washington, D.C. President Reagan's Speech - Moscow State University, USSR May 31, 1988
President Reagan's Speech to the House of Commons, June 8, 1982.
President Reagan's Speech on the Strategic Defense Initiative, March 23, 1983
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/offdocs/reagan.htm   (411 words)

  
 Home The Reagan Administration
We also do inauguration balls and fraternity parties!
Lubbock, TX © 2005 The Reagan Administration, all rights reserved.
http://www.reaganadministration.com   (39 words)

  
 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library
Our goal is to ensure present and future generations will be able to learn first hand about the legacy of the man who came to be known as “the great communicator&;.
From this site you can access Presidential Papers and Presidential Photographs, learn about the Museum and Air Force One, become a member of the Library, learn about our events, and shop at our online Museum Store.
Welcome to the official web site for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
http://www.reaganfoundation.org/welcome.asp   (97 words)

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