President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush discuss the formation of the President's Task Force on Regulatory Relief, which will be headed by Bush, over lunch in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 22, 1981. (AP Photo)
** FILE ** Republican candidate for President Ronald Reagan, left, and his running mate George H.W. Bush answer questions during a press conference Friday, July 26, 1980. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
The upcoming film “Reagan” portrays “one of the most consequential men in American history,” according to the team behind the independent project. (Rawhide Pictures)
Judge Robert H. Bork, nominated by President Reagan to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill for his confirmation hearing on Sept. 15, 1987. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
Ronald Reagan inspired many Americans with his phrase for foreign policy. Two groups are now claiming it as their own. (Associated Press)
Ronald Reagan
President Reagan (left) bested challenger Walter F. Mondale (right) in 1984 after Mr. Mondale promised he would raise taxes. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan holds up U.S. Senate candidate Arlen Specter's hand at fund-raising party for Specter in Philadelphia on Aug. 19, 1980. (Associated Press)
A class titled “Reagan 101” begins later this month at Eureka College, the late president’s Illinois alma mater, taught by Reagan historian Craig Shirley. (Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library)
** Former President Ronald Reagan. (Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library)
** FILE ** In 1980: President Carter and Republican candidate Ronald Reagan shake hands after debating in Cleveland. (Associated Press)
The 1980 presidential election changed a week before Election Day when Republican challenger Ronald Reagan won voters’ confidence in a debate with President Carter. (Associated Press)
A posed action photo of Ronald Reagan playing the doomed Notre Dame halfback George Gipp in the 1940 film Knute Rockne - All American. (Associated Press)
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