She will be buried alongside Ronald at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
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“Nancy Reagan was a wonderful First Lady and someone the nation could be proud of”, said Robertson, who bristles a bit when she hears people describe Reagan as being involved in policy-making decisions.
She was known as a fierce protector of her husband, both personally and politically.
They were a team, and Nancy Reagan actively peppered campaign advisers with strategy and tactical recommendations, according to memoirs written by the campaign team.
“First lady Michelle Obama will be attending Mrs. Reagan’s funeral”, a White House official said on Monday. “That’s been over stated”, she said. She was very open about the loneliness that the disease had created in her life.
In her October 1988 address, Reagan said the USA should initiate stricter drug law enforcement and education and that America must stop blaming developing countries that produce most of the illegal drugs consumed by Americans, The New York Times reported at the time.
Hutto said the impeccably dressed former actress brought her strong morals and values to the White House and established a new respect for the role of first lady.
Ted Cruz calls himself the first true conservative running for president since Reagan and has promised to employ a “Reaganite” approach.
President Obama’s proclamation can be seen here.
For example: That time Raisa Gorbachev insulted the White House.
Clearly she thought enough of the token to keep it safe for 63 years until she turned it over to the museum.
The son of Nancy and Ronald Reagan says he was inspired by his parents’ unfailing devotion to each other during their half-century marriage.
In 1985, Reagan received the CYO Citation of a National Figure Award at the annual dinner of the Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese of Washington, in recognition of her campaign against youth drug abuse.
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“There are few who are not moved by the love that Mrs. Reagan felt for her husband – and fewer still who are not inspired by how this love led her to take up the twin causes of stem cell research and Alzheimer’s research”, Obama said then. And after the assassination attempt, the President’s safety was Nancy Reagan’s No. 1 preoccupation. “I really don’t know”, he said. “Reagan considered her an equal in every way and so this was not only a great love story but it was also a great partnership”.
