This is a little information about Ronald Reagan.

2.  Ronald Reagan was President of the United
States from 1980 until 1988. Which means he
served two terms as president.

3.  He was born in Tampico , Illinois. He started
with a career in entertainment starring in more
than 50 films. But later becoming the President
in 1980.

4.  Reagan gave a speech for Republican candidate
Barry Goldwater in 1964. But in later in 1980 he
defeated Edmund "Pat" Brown Sr. for
president.

5.  In his inaugural speech on January 20, 1981,
Reagan rhetorically announced that
"government is not the solution to our
problems; government is the problem." He
called for an era of national renewal and hoped
that America would again be "a beacon of hope
for those who do not have freedom." He and
his wife, Nancy Reagan ushered in a new era of
glamour to the White House, with designer
fashions and a major redecoration of the
executive mansion.

6.  The most pressing foreign policy issue of Ronald
Reagan's first term was the Cold War. Dubbing the
Soviet Union "the evil empire," Reagan embarked
on a massive build-up of U.S. weapons and troops.
He implemented the "Reagan Doctrine," which
provided aid to anti-communist movements in
Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 1983, he
announced the Strategic Defense Initiative, a plan
aiming to develop space-based weapons to protect
America from attacks by Soviet nuclear missiles.

7.  http://www.biography.com/people/ronald-
reagan-9453198
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