President Obama said he once had the opportunity to meet with former first lady Nancy Reagan, and she could not have been more charming and gracious to him and Michelle Obama when he came into office.
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Nancy Reagan will be buried on the grounds of the library next to her husband, Ronald Reagan, who was president from 1981 to 1989.
Mr. T paid tribute to the late former first lady Nancy Reagan on Monday, recalling in a series of tweets their seemingly odd couple friendship and alliance in her anti-drug campaign.
Uribe thought about that visit on Sunday afternoon after Mrs. Reagan died of congestive heart failure. “It’s not about my legacy”, she said.
But as the influential and stylish wife of the 40th president of the United States nursed husband Ronald through his 10-year descent into Alzheimer’s disease until his death in 2004, America softened its view. She was far more than just a presidential sounding board and state-dinner hostess, as many before her had been.
Once, there was a gathering of former first ladies at an Indian Wells fundraising dinner for the Betty Ford Center, and I watched as Mrs. Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Mrs. Reagan and Barbara Bush waited for the arrival of then-U.S. Sen.
“I knew that I wanted to spend my life with Ronnie, and time was marching on”, she writes.
Here are a few things to remember about Nancy Reagan, as collected from Fox News. “I will Never Forget her”, he continued.
Chidester has co-authored three books on President Ronald Reagan.
He said he did not know what to think about the Reagans at first. When he was elected president, Robertson got a phone call from Nancy Reagan’s press secretary. “Her influence on the White House was complete and lasting”.
“She was a very small, slight lady”, Hyer said Monday by phone from his north Georgia retirement home.
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US flags nationwide also were lowered to half-staff in honor of Reagan, who died Sunday. Gathered on the lawn with other staff members, Hutto glanced up at the balcony where Nancy Reagan stood alone as her husband landed in the presidential helicopter. He says his father wrote Nancy endless love letters.
