Ron Reagan was interviewed by Matt Lauer on Today shortly after the passing of his mother Nancy Reagan on Sunday.
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“Tremendous sadness, but great reflection on a wonderful lady and a great legacy”, said Fleischmann.
Branstad supported Ronald Reagan’s 1976 bid for the White House and gave the Reagan’s a briefing in the only private place they could quickly find in a downtown Des Moines hotel.
Former first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton together at a fundraising event saluting the Betty Ford Centre in Indian Wells, California.
“There is no job description for the first lady and she’s only there because her husband got elected president”.
Ronald Reagan had given the first key to Mrs. Reagan in 1950 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild.
“I don’t know whether we ever got the money from the lady, but I said to her, ‘I’m sure this is a meeting you’re never going to forget'”. The review referred to Nancy only as “Reagan’s real-life wife and his sweetheart in the film”.
She was involved behind the scenes influencing her husband on many major decisions, and also went public on some controversial issues against Republican party positions.
“Ronald Reagan was such a nice guy and really built such great relationships with a lot of people”.
“I’d say, ‘Well, I guess there’s a low pressure system that came in'”.
Former first lady Nancy Reagan died Sunday; she was 94. She beat breast cancer during her husband’s presidency.
She will join her beloved Ronald at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, who died on June 5, 2004.
“As somebody who is lucky enough to have an extraordinary partner in my life as well, I know how much she meant not just to President Reagan but to the country as a whole”, Obama added. “With CARA (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act) on the Senate floor this week, I would like to acknowledge her significant contributions in the struggle to end drug abuse and addiction”.
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It’s a time she described as the highlight of her family’s life.
