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1. Khamenei: Iran Will Have Bomb in April April 8, 2006 could turn out to be an ominous date in history - that's the day Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says that Iran will have a nuclear weapon. Late last year Khamenei gathered his top advisers for a strategy meeting and told them "it has been promised that by April 8, we will be in a position to show the entire world that we are members of the club." This presumably refers to nuclear weapons, according to National Review Online Contributing Editor Michael Ledeen, who offered an inside look at...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Nearly 1.3 million photographs taken during former President Ronald Reagan's eight years in the White House were released Friday for public viewing at his hilltop library. The release on the 25th anniversary of Reagan's inauguration as the nation's 40th president rounds out a photo collection that spans the first to last day of the Reagan presidency. Some 261,000 photos from 1981 to 1982 were previously available to the public. "The sheer number is amazing," library director R. Duke Blackwood said. "It's a great opportunity for America to get a closer glimpse at what goes on...

Am planning a Thanksgiving week trip to the Reagan Library with family visiting from Florida (I'm in San Diego) and would appreciate any help anyone could offer. Where to stay, what to do, what not to miss, that sort of thing. Thanks!

Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens donated $10 million to the Ronald Reagan library, covering the remaining costs of the new Air Force One Pavilion at the hilltop museum. The gift from Pickens, who in 1980 was Texas state finance chairman for Reagan's presidential campaign, will allow the foundation to pay off its $32 million construction loan. "This gift means so much to me," former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement Thursday, the eve of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's opening ceremony for the pavilion. "Ronnie and I have been friends with Boone for many years. That his...

LOS ANGELES -- In a salute to Ronald Reagan, President Bush is helping dedicate a new Air Force One exhibit at the former president's library, but his appearance at a GOP fundraiser while he's here has upset some California Republicans. Bush was to join former first lady Nancy Reagan in Simi Valley on Friday to officially open a new pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library that features a Boeing 707, which carried Reagan and six other presidents. ~snip~ "I've met with the president several times in the past. We've worked together, and we have a good working relationship," Schwarzenegger...

The President travelled to California yesterday attending a fund raiser in the evening and today the Opening Ceremony for Air Force One Pavilion a the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Yesterday and today the Governor of Florida Jeb Bush contends with yet another hurricane Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw answer questions after speaking to students at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld continues his tour of the far east at present he is in South Korea Today is Trafalgar Day in Britain For further information on this see Battle of...

. Oct 19, 2005 9:28 am US/PacificGovernor Schwarzenegger To Avoid Bush -- Again (AP) LOS ANGELES At the Republican National Convention last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't say enough good things about President Bush. But lately, it looks like he's trying to avoid him. The president will visit California this week for the second time since August, but he and the Republican governor are not expected to see each other - in public or private - for the second consecutive time. CBS 5 Special Election Headquarters With the Nov. 8 special election looming, Schwarzenegger is trying to court independents and...

Roads in the area of the San Diego (405) Freeway and Sunset Boulevard To Be Closed From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. LOS ANGELES - President Bush travels to the Southland to raise money for the GOP, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger, a fellow Republican, downplayed reports of his irritation over the visit. With the president's staff apparently having disregarded a request by the governor to delay the California visit, Bush is scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport this afternoon at the start of a two-day visit. Following his arrival, Bush will present the President's Volunteer Service Award to...

Axe falls on Reagan tour guides 'for being too old' By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles (Filed: 10/10/2005) Elderly volunteers at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library claim they have been barred from giving tours and welcoming visitors because they are too old - even though many are younger than the former president when he led the US. Nearly 30 of the volunteers learned of their fate in a letter telling them that they were being relieved of their duties. They were awarded "emeritus" status and handed glass globes and certificates signed by Nancy Reagan. Administrators deny that age was a...

"In Reagan Country, Elderly Docents Feeling Snubbed. Presidential Library for nation's oldest leader relieves many seniors from active duty."

Last week, the Reagan Library released 136 "boxes" of material pertaining to John Roberts from his time in the White House Counsel's Office. Hugh Hewitt asked bloggers to adopt a box o'docs, and report on what was in there. The list is just about complete. Over on Radioblogger, you can see the title of each electronic "box" and a link to each review of documents. It's the first time that the general public has been able to get into the game, in their own way, in the confirmation process.

An F-14 Tomcat fighter jet was set in place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Monday in ceremonies marking an important milestone in construction of the Air Force One Pavilion, which is expected to open in the fall. Addressing a crowd of hundreds of guests, Rear Adm. David J. Venlet said the Air Force One exhibit and others at the library and museum tell the story of President Reagan's legacy. "It does a great job of highlighting the military's impact in the defense of freedom," said Venlet, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for action in the Gulf...

SIMI VALLEY- An F-14 Tomcat fighter jet will be hoisted into a permanent display area next week close to the nearly completed Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The 30,000-pound Northrop Grumman aircraft will be carried by a crane outside the pavilion in a ceremony celebrating Reagan's "peace through strength" strategy and marking a milestone in the making of the Air Force One Pavilion. "This is the last of the really large artifacts coming to the library to complete the Air Force One Pavilion," said Melissa Giller, director of communications for the Reagan Library....

SIMI VALLEY - More than 5,000 new pages of documents related to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' work for the Reagan administration will be opened to the public Monday at the Reagan Presidential Library. The library has about 50,000 pages of records related to Roberts' work as associate White House counsel. Roughly 8,000 pages had been released before Roberts was nominated to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush. Since the nomination, archivists at the library have been working seven days a week, preparing the documents for researchers on both sides of the debate. While the Reagan Library in...

Ronald Reagan's handwritten diaries of his eight years in the White House will be published as a book to be released next year, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation and HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday. Reagan, who died at 93 last June following a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease, wrote in his diaries every day of his presidency, recording his thoughts on events both routine and historic, officials said. While the volumes "were not initially intended for publication, we feel that these volumes offer an unprecedented insight into the Reagan Presidency," said Frederick Ryan Jr., chairman of the foundation's board of...

Tiger Shot, Killed Near Reagan Library Thursday February 24, 2005 3:46 AM By LAURA WIDES Associated press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities shot and killed a male tiger Wednesday that had been roaming the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The 425-pound cat was shot several hundred yards from soccer and baseball fields at the edge of a housing development, said Lorna Bernard, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. ``It's unfortunate that we had to kill it,'' Bernard said. ``It's even more unfortunate that the person who owned it didn't come forward and alert...

MOORPARK — Authorities shot and killed a tiger today that had been roaming the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The cat was shot several hundred yards from school soccer and baseball fields at the edge of a housing development, said Lorna Bernard, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. "It's unfortunate that we had to kill it," Bernard said. "It's even more unfortunate that the person who owned it didn't come forward and alert us immediately. We might have been able to capture it." She said trackers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities shot and killed a male tiger Wednesday that had been roaming the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The 425-pound cat was shot several hundred yards from soccer and baseball fields at the edge of a housing development. Authorities still don't know who the owner is. "It's unfortunate that we had to kill it," said Lorna Bernard, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. "It's even more unfortunate that the person who owned it didn't come forward and alert us immediately. We might have been able to capture it." Trackers had...

Lion May Be Roaming Countryside Near Ronald Reagan Library POSTED: 4:08 pm EST February 18, 2005 SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- A large exotic cat -- possibly even an African lion -- may be roaming the rural countryside near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, authorities said Friday. Professional trackers were brought in to hunt for the animal after several sets of tracks, far too large for native bobcats or mountain lions, were found on a ranch not far from the hilltop library. Officials warned residents in the area to be wary and to keep their pets indoors. A ranch caretaker Tuesday...

Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's 94th Birthday: • To honor President Ronald Reagan on the anniversary of his birthday, President George W. Bush has designated United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to place a wreath on President Reagan’s gravesite on his behalf. Major General Timothy E. Donovan, Commanding General at Camp Pendleton, will conduct the ceremony, which will commence at 11:00 a.m. and will include a 21-gun salute. Camp Pendleton’s brass quintet will play music beginning at 10:45 a.m. Following the ceremony, birthday cake will be served in the Library’s main lobby all day (while supplies last) and guests may...