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On March 31, 1981 at precisely 2:27 pm, six gunshots rang out just outside the VIP entrance to the Washington Hilton. Moments later, as three felled men lay bleeding on the ground outside the hotel, an armored limousine carrying the President of the United States raced away from the scene. Though it wasn’t immediately apparent, the president had been shot. Ronald Wilson Reagan was just weeks into his first term in office when he was struck in the side by a deflected bullet fired by a mentally deranged would-be assassin. Most Americans are aware, of course, that Reagan survived this...

March 30, 2006, Rudy Awakening America's mayor recalls the Reagan assassination attempt. Today is the 25th anniversary of the attempted assassination of the late president Ronald W. Reagan, and it's a day former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani remembers vividly. "The morning of March 30, 1981, the White House had a breakfast with the president for newly appointed" sub-Cabinet officials, Giuliani recalls. He had occupied a Justice Department office for the previous fortnight while awaiting Senate confirmation as Ronald Reagan's associate attorney general. "Everyone took a picture with the president," Giuliani continues. "And then we had breakfast with him...

Contact: Tracey Schmitt 202-863-8614Documentary Celebrates Reagan’s Life And Presidency 25 Years After First InaugurationWashington, DC – The Republican National Committee celebrated the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s Inauguration today by releasing a special tribute documentary. The documentary was presented to RNC members at the RNC Winter Meeting held in Washington D.C. and is available for viewing at www.gop.com“President Reagan inspired me and many others to become a part of the Republican Party,” said RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman. “His faith, and optimism for the future of the country, restored the confidence of Americans who responded by making our country and...

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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading media watchdog group says journalists covering the death of former president Ronald Reagan are exploiting his passing in order to promote embryonic stem cell research. According to a report from the Media Research Center, news agencies are using Reagan's death to fuel a rift between President George W. Bush and former first lady Nancy Reagan. "Serious people have serious disagreements about the balancing of the hope stem cell research holds for curing Alzheimer's versus the misuse of human life, but to leading media figures it presents just another way to bash Bush," says MRC's...

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