" Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon nevertheless characterized her as a " reliable " and " solid " performer who held her own in performances with better-known actors.

Because of this, Reagan biographer Lou Cannon referred to Meese as " Reagan's geographer.

Reagan biographer Lou Cannon would characterize the Contract as having taken more than half of its text from Ronald Reagan's 1985 State of the Union Address.

A loyal subscriber since 1961, Reagan said it “ helped me stop being a liberal Democrat ,” calling it " must reading for conservatives who want to know what is really going on in Washington, D. C ." During the 1980 presidential campaign, Democrats released a document entitled " Ronald Reagan, Extremist Collaborator — An Exposé ," in which, according to biographer Lee Edwards, " mong the proofs of Reagan's extremism was that he read the conservative weekly Human Events.

After spending fourteen years as President Reagan's authorized biographer, he published the national bestseller Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan in 1999 ( edited by Robert Loomis, executive editor at Random House, Morris ' publisher ).

He is a prolific biographer of US President Ronald Reagan, having written five books about him.

* Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, a 1999 biography with fictional elements by Edmund Morris

* November 26 – Iran-Contra Affair: U. S. President Ronald Reagan announces that on December 1 former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the scandal ( they became known as the Tower Commission ).

Dark Victory is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Ronald Reagan.

It has been rumored that on April 8, 1933, Wyman married Ernest Eugene Wyman ( or Weymann ) ( 1906 – 1970 ), a salesman ; the marriage was mentioned in Dutch, the authorized biography of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris, who says that the marriage certificate is on file with the State of California, with the bride giving her name as Jane Fulks, daughter of Richard D. and Emma Reise Fulks.

"); for a combined satire of the Batman television series and the 1966 California Governor's race between Edmund G. " Pat " Brown and Ronald Reagan ; and probably most famous for a bit in which, through the magic of sound effects, Freberg drained Lake Michigan and refilled it with hot chocolate and a mountain of whipped cream while a giant maraschino cherry was dropped like a bomb by the Royal Canadian Air Force to the cheers of 25, 000 extras viewing from the shoreline.

Tower delivers the Tower Report to President of the United States | President Ronald Reagan | Reagan in the White House Cabinet Room, Edmund Muskie at right, 1987.

In her political writings, Noonan frequently cites the political figures she admires, including Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Edmund Burke.

The publicity Reagan gained in part from this speech paved the way for his election as governor of California in 1966, when he unseated the two-term Democrat Edmund G. " Pat " Brown, Sr.

A longtime rancher friend of Reagan, according to Edmund Morris's Dutch, Clark would walk into Reagan's office unannounced, an unheard-of practice for even the most senior officials.

Edmund Morris ( born May 27, 1940 ) is an American writer best known for his biographies of United States Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.

He also dabbled in politics, endorsing Ronald Reagan for governor of California in 1966 against incumbent Edmund G Brown.

Taking effect on December 1, Reagan appointed Republican and former Senator John Tower of Texas, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft.

Morris also says that Reagan hinted at Wyman's first marriage when he told him in 1989, " What you have to look at that there were a few husbands before me.

Iris is an American synthpop band, formed by Reagan Jones and Mat Morris in 1993.

The band was initiated in 1993 as Forgiving Iris, with members Reagan Jones ( vocals / keyboards ), Matt Morris ( keyboards / programming ).

After several shows that followed, Reagan Jones and Matthew Morris started having arguments about their musical direction.

Morris writes that Clark resigned in late 1983 when he tired of the " unceasing hostility of Deaver, Shultz, and Nancy Reagan.

" Morris described Clark as " the only man who ever got within a furlong of intimacy " with the notoriously distant Reagan, and his ability to relate to Reagan inspired jealousy, at the same time that Clark's taciturn nature made him unlikely to build allies.

* In the film, the school that Morris teaches at is named Big Lake High School ; in real life, the school is in the town of Big Lake but its actual name is Reagan County High School.

* John Loves Mary ( 1949 ) with Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris and Edward Arnold

On the one hand, Reagan stated that SDI was " consistent with ... the ABM Treaty ", but on the other hand, he viewed it as a defensive system that would help reduce the possibility that mutual assured destruction ( MAD ) would become reality ; he even suggested that the Soviets would be given access to the SDI technology.

After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, Reagan appeared on national television and stated that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages.

Early in her husband's presidency, Reagan stated her desire to create a more suitable " first home " in the White House, as the building had fallen into a state of disrepair following years of neglect.

One of the grenades wounded Linder, and as he lay there a contra came up and blew his brains out ...’ son Ben was killed by somebody paid by somebody paid by somebody paid by President Reagan .’” Linder ’ s father has a valid point since Reagan himself had stated “ I ’ m a contra too ”, compared the contras with the founding fathers and the people in the French resistance, and then spent the money, $ 100 million in military aid issued just in 1986 to the contras.

The Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America ( ICCHRLA ) in its Newsletter stated in 1985 that: " The hostility with which the Nicaraguan government is viewed by the Reagan administration is an unfortunate development.

Human Rights Watch also stated in its 1989 report on Nicaragua that: " Under the Reagan administration, U. S. policy toward Nicaragua's Sandinista government was marked by constant hostility.

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was given impetus by a detailed tax-simplification proposal from President Reagan's Treasury Department, and was designed to be tax-revenue neutral because Reagan stated that he would veto any bill that was not.

In January 1977, four years prior to becoming president, Reagan bluntly stated, in a conversation with Richard V. Allen, his basic expectation in relation to the Cold War.

" As such, Greenberg stated in an op-ed for the New York Times " I ’ m finished with the Reagan Democrats of Macomb County in suburban Detroit after making a career of spotlighting their middle-class anger and frustrations about race and Democratic politicians.

Moyers stated that his hard-hitting coverage of conservative presidents Reagan and Bush were behind Safer's 1990 allegations.

Moore was a critic of George W. Bush's Iraq War, and has stated that " the world was a safer place when Ronald Reagan was in the White House ".

* Jackson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984 ; Ronald Reagan called him " one of the greatest lawmakers of our century ," and stated:

Regarding the album's themes, Joel has stated " It was during the Reagan years, and the diminishing horizons in America at the time that all of a sudden you weren't going to be able to inherit kind of life your old man had.

" John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan administration, stated in an interview that Walker's activities enabled the Soviets to know where our submarines were at all times.

Novak's political column once stated that he considered every single President in his lifetime to be a failure, with the lone exception of Reagan.

In January 1977, four years prior to becoming president, Ronald Reagan bluntly stated, in a conversation with Richard V. Allen, his basic expectation in relation to the Cold War.

" The screenwriters admitted that there was no evidence that Reagan ever said this ; however, in The C. Everett Koop papers at National Institutes of Health, Koop stated that AIDS " predominantly affected people -- homosexuals and intravenous drug users -- who, in the view of President Reagan and his domestic policy advisers, brought the disease upon themselves by engaging in immoral conduct, and who were in greater need of moral reform than of new health information or policies.

His long and prestigious military career was recognized by the award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 12, 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, who stated that " Heroes come when they're needed ; great men step forward when courage seems in short supply.

Among the more notable opponents of the legislation was Nancy Reagan, who in December 2003 stated that, " When our country chooses to honor a great president such as Franklin Roosevelt by placing his likeness on our currency, it would be wrong to remove him.

Griffin stated he didn't really know his worth because it “ would keep me from sleeping at night .” He and former First Lady Nancy Reagan exchanged birthday greetings each July 6, for they shared the same birthday.

On Friday, February 11, 2011, the Peoria Journal Star online edition stated that, " Eureka College has received a major gift from Mark R. Shenkman to create a Reagan research center in Melick Library on campus.

Then-U. S. president Ronald Reagan stated in his personal diary that this film " was a blatant propaganda message against our agri programs.