Reagan Calls for Chemical Weapons Ban
On April 4, 1984, in his 23rd news conference broadcast live on radio and television, President Ronald Reagan publicly calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
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Reagan Calls for Chemical Weapons Ban
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On April 4, 1984, in his 23rd news conference broadcast live on radio and television, President Ronald Reagan publicly calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
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Reagan Approves Iran-Contra Counsel
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After the Iran-Contra scandal is exposed in November 1986, President Ronald Reagan announces to the nation that he wuold "welcome the appointment of an independent counsel" to investigate matters. The Iran-Contra Affair involved the secret selling of arms to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages. The money from the arms sales was then used to secretly support the Contras in their battle against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua.
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JFK Orders Resumption of Nuclear Tests
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The Speech
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Herbert Hoover Campaigns for Reeelection
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Ronald Reagan on Roe v. Wade
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In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, could terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters. On the 10th anniversary of the ruling, President Ronald Reagan pledges in a radio report to the nation to fight to overturn the landmark case.
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Regan on His Economic Programs
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In his Saturday radio address on May 14, 1983, the last day of Small Business Week, President Ronald Reagan discusses the successes of entrepreneurs and new businesses in America.
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Bush and Gorbachev Declare End of Cold War
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President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared an end to the Cold War at the Malta Summit on December 3, 1989. At a joint press conference aboard the Soviet passenger liner Maxim Gorky in Marsaxlokk Harbor, President Bush speaks about his hopes for a cooperative U.S.-Soviet relationship.
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Bush Calls for Glasnost in East Berlin
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On May 31, 1989, in a speech delivered in Mainz, West Germany, President George H. W. Bush emphasizes America's desire to see the barriers between the east and west come down.
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