the reagan doctrine. fourth, and i think was awfully important, was dealing legitimization of the soviet rulership. d this started the very press, presidential press conference ronald reagan gave in the white house. when he was asked about detente, he said the soviets cheat, lie and, steal, do everything to advance worldwide communism. and you know that was startling. that was absolute. that was absolutely infuriating around washington, d.c. that was okay for a candidate, among the campaign trail. but for president united states, it was unheard of to say that. in 1983, reagan gave a speech, the parliament in britn, you said communism going to be on the ash heap of history. and then later in 1983, of course the evil empire speech, the focus of evil in the modern world. i was testifying the next before the house armed services committee. the chairman asked me about this and it was very upsetting. and i said, well it's called evil. the president called the soviet union evil empire. would you think a benign c

i'm the director of the ronald reagan now, the reagan institute is the washington, d.c. office of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. and here in d.c., we promote president reagan's ideals, vision and leadership example through substantive issue driven forums like one we have today. and we're. and honored to co-host this event and partner with the center for strategic and international studies, where we're going to have an opportunity now to reflect on the 40th anniversary of the strategic defense initiative sdi. what reagan said, quote, let me share with a vision of the future which offers hope. this, of course, was in the speech telling country and the world about sdi. he went on say, quote, it is that we embark a program to counter the awesome soviet missile threat with measures that are defensive. let us turn to the very and technology that spawned our great industrial base and that have given us the quality of life we enjoy today, end quote. reagan's words in 1983 inspired here at the reagan institute, our national innovation base report card th

it was reagan's legacy. it was advancing in the 21st century. >> he had a tremendous amount o firepower up on stage. great panel discussions. we had a program that was second to none. the biggest challenge was getting there. >> they were instrumental in making this happen. he was inviting defense leaders. >> i believe strongly in what reagan sd. it jussounded like a good idea. the secretary of defense, military chiefs, members of congress all dided to attend. it worked out great. we wanted to create the place where smarteople from across the industry, to talk about america's defenses. i think it has to evolve over e years to be the defense. the genesis of this goes although it back to president reagan's first days in office. when hbecame president, the reality was the military was on the decline. that was the underlying principle of the first reagan defense form. there is one, quality. cabinet secretaries, chairman armed services committees. general officers. they all were leaders. the piece through strength

knew reagan republicans maneuver near reagan. no, there ford and bush, they are with er. i will be right back. mark: welcome back america, imperatives god's been really good friend of mine, is just a nice guy and he is as he seems, no pretensions and he is a solid man of moral and philosophy and the man is about to get married so is a big smile on his face and i don't blame him. have a beautiful wife is one tim scott, this issue about kindle trump appeal to moderate voters, to the democrats and so forth and i ask you will respond was new looking president number one pursue, isn't this what they say that a conservator rents were present. tim: think about the fact ronald reagan's in the beginning when these just nectar days no ability to appeal beyond the california be on conservatives and beyond independence is what we know, 40 and 50 days later, ronald reagan did we know the president has done, number one and number two, it is about president trump is this, in new hampshire, the liberals voted, democrats voted, you defended voter

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becauseo that day at the direction of president ronald reagan u.s. warships and aircraft sank 6 iranian navy ships and also took out two iranian oil platforms that were used as command and control radar sites, imre lying -- i'm relying from a good news respect, published by los angeles times mr. reagan called it a measured response to renewed iran ran mining of will gulf that damages a u.s. frigate. mr. reagan said, we have taken this act to make certain that iranians have no illusions about the cost of irresponsible behavior. not provoke it and late president anthon added, they must know that we will protect our ships and if they threaten us, they will pay a price. end quote. now, some military analyst at the time, said on that one day reagan took out essentially half of th the iranian navy, and the reagan action was taken to response to renewed iranian mining of the gulf that damaged a u.s. frigate. today, u.s. military assets in the middle east have been taken on 165 hits from iran or iran-30 iran-sponsored military groups, and also 2 of our nav n

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look what reagan did, took out half the navy.will joe biden learn anything from military history and why appeasement doesn't work? >> well, i'm not sure. i have some concerns that what he's about to do may not be sufficient because of what the pattern of behavior has been here ever since he took office. the reality is, that iran looks at the administration and sees weakness, vulnerability, and opportunity for them. what has happened in the middle east, they have expanded the war in northern israel, 80,000 have been displaced by the iranian-backed hezbollah. we've seen what the houthis have done. larry, they have shut down half of the suez canal traffic, impacting the global supply chain and that obviously is iranian-backed proxies to houthis. 168 attacks on u.s. bases in iraq and syria is quite staggering and i think what we should have done, whatever we're getting ready to do let's hope it is comprehensive, we should have done it, to prevent the loss of life, not after, what was inevitable a drone or missile was going to get thr

reagan interrupted. >> excuse me, governor reagan, would the sound man please turn mr. reagan's mike on for the moment? >> reporter: and it led to this political mike drop. >> i am paying for this microphone! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: there won't be any debate drama this year, as the qualifying candidates wouldn't agree to appear together. most new hampshire voters are registered undeclared, but they can still participate in the primary. >> i think that there is just a strong independent cohort here in new hampshire. >> reporter: the undeclared are huge targets for candidates with potential crossover appeal. this year former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is especially eager to win them. >> you know how to do this. you know iowa starts it. you know that you correct it. >> reporter: and she's got a point. new hampshire republicans usually get it right. as for democrats, new hampshire is the state where senator gary hart hit the target. and where despite coming in second in 1992 bill clinton held on. >> i'll never forget who gave me a second chance, and i'll be th

craig, who's closer to reagan conservatism?it's hard to compare this because a different time and different challenges, but who's closer to the reagan conservatismfferent differ thanh mcconnell? liz cheney that romney types clr people like trump and j.d. vanctt romnee? p an >> no, it couldn't be.d. v it certainly can't be mitchance mcconnell. he entered politics bashing ronald reagan, and now s bashinging politic donald trump. so they are all defenders, the establishment. they're all defenders of the status quo. reagan ran are all challenging the status quo, challenging cha the powers that be. and no better case can be madera thant how he discarded detente. you know, they kind of ruled american foreign policy vis- wh a vis the soviet union since the time of harry truman. you know, virtue was containment then. it was later devolved into decline. first, cinment aand then reagant and said, we're not going to we're not going to get aloneg soviet union. we're going to transcend the soviet union. we're going to we're going sovisoviet

i found these at the reagan library.n the reagan administration was to pose these alternatives for people, you know, do you like x or do you like y in this cas during the hf iran-contra whether the president could still govern. so in one case, they say this sort of hypothetical. miller believes that the iranian incident shows president reagan may have made mistakes, but it does not raise questions about his ability to run the country. brown, on the other hand, believes the incident shows reagan's not in control of the presidency and therefore raises serious questions about his ability to run the country. well, you can see here that there's not much change overall. generally speaking, people believe like miller, that the president was still able hold the white house effectively and do their job realistically well. this is, again, of the way that presidents to game this. right. they try to see like what's the outcome here, what's the strategy that and, you know, to get out of this? and what do people feel so to kind of sum

bush winning over ronald reagan.re were people who felt reagan's numbers were undercounted because of precincts that came in very late. ronald reagan never went around complaining the election was rigged. >> has iowa done anything to ensure people have confidence in the caucuses? have they made changes where they can show we have done something so the country can have confidence in the way we are doing this? >> these are run by the state parties. not election officials and the secretary of state. i have noticed when i have been at republican events they have emphasized the republican party caucuses are going to have people when it comes to the presidential selection, who write down the name of the person they support on a piece of paper. those are going to be counted in front of everybody. that is something the republican party does that they want people to have confidence in the result at every precinct level. paper ballots. we hear from trump a lot there should be paper ballots. there is going to be paper ballots a

i thought to myself, once the frontier closes, people are not going to want to like the reagan and post-reaganhe mechanism of medialess possiblet accurate infhem make wise choicn elections. increasingly dysfunctional since the doctrine ended in the 1980's under reagan. that led to the siloing of public opinion. they never learn anything new. allowed 1% of wealth holders tontroversial ideasbout meeting reforms. zsometimes the only way of getting that through is to make sure tha of average people making editorial comments can getthis problem is becoming exacerbated. at■ñ an age by they are spewing false information and confuse the public to make it harder for democracy to functiowe are not e informed consent or a democracy that can make our solutions in practical way. people will become so disillusioned with the efficacy of voting thatprophecy. the first task is consent and the second isnvince people that the only solution is to get out and be counted. and then reforms are possible. host: good morning. good morning. when i was listening to the guy calling in from new jersey, i relate to him. it

it's hosted by the ronald reagan institute. ■e >> ladies and gentlemen, pleae welcome to the stage director of the ronald reagan institute, mr. roger zakheim. [applause] mr. zakheim: i appreciate it. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us today at the ronald reagan institute. which as those in the room no, carries on the legacy of our nation's 40th president here in washington, d.c. as mentioned i am roger zakheim, director of the institute. and we are excited to host this event as part of our center for peace through strengt national security innovation-based programs. in collaboration with congressman brad wenstrup and e house permanent select committee on intelligence for their really consequential series, beyond the skiff. and for those who are not aware of this series, what it means is you get to interact with the members of congress that never see sunlightutside our nation's capital. not that there is much sunshine today. but in reagan country is always sunny, so we will bring some into this discussion. the pro

a _ ronald reagan. they connect iowa's results, she says. a small— ronald reagan.dow of opportunity to prove that next two days and it is a very independent electorate in new hampshire in the like to take the time they come out late in the study the candidates very closely. late in the study the candidates very closely-— very closely. they differed demographically _ very closely. they differed demographically and - very closely. they differed demographically and they| very closely. they differed i demographically and they are significantly less evangelical, more independent but the difficulty is, even _ independent but the difficulty is, even if— independent but the difficulty is, even if she does well in new hampshire, where did she go from there? _ hampshire, where did she go from there? in — hampshire, where did she go from there? in many ways, iowa shows that there? in many ways, iowa shows that the republican party is a wholly—owned subsidiary of the trump organisation and she is going to have _ organisation and she is going to have to — organisation and she i

reagan talking aboutpart lot abe national council in recent months.tell you theydedicates who put in long hours for the nation's. they are eager and anxious to serve their country. one thing ill setting me is that no one kept proper records of meetings or decisions which led my failureo whether. i approved an arms shipment before or after the fact. i did approve it. i just can't say specifically en, but rest assured. there's plenty of record keeping now going on at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, so now do you all believe him? did you get the sense that i mean, this is the great communicator right we talked about reagan is one of the better at communicating his position to people. case, he haa lot of gymnastics to get there. you guys convinced persuaded that somekepticism. well, i don't blame you and because we know the strategies involved, it gives us a sort of flavor for how presidents are handling this. right. so when look at how presidents kind of maneuver around a scandal, think about this, because it'll give you a sense of what the strategic kind of q

i think reagan's initial vision was this would stop a soviet assault. we have all agreed that is not realistic, so we are not going to try. it is a remarkable technology and there is a lot of bipartisan consensus on how it is being used. we still have a lot of work to do. >> lots of stuff tabled there. hopefully we will work through some of those. both of you mentioned in your opening comments the homeland, ballistic missile defense, or icbm's, the grandchild of sdi. it was two years ago yesterday that they went forward with the acquisition of the next generation of interceptor. after the cancellation and things like that, anxiety about that, noise made with the schedule for that. i am wondering how you are thinking about the capability and the schedule of that biggest program the missile-defense agency is working on right now. >> my best understanding is we are on a current timeline to have those for within operating capability within four to five years from now, 2027 to 2028. north korea meantime is not standing still and we may be facing some risk in

first lady nancy reagan, where she served until 1985. she then moved to germany where her husband was serving as u.s. ambassador. last but, certainly not least, is amy zantzinger currently the head of amy zantzinger interior design, which she established 1998. you can see some of the beautiful bleeding right of service and of design and, of care and of course, all with grace and civility. her interior design business was put on hold for two years when she in february in 2007 was asked by president george w bush if she would serve as his special assistant to the president and the white house social secretary and she did. with great through january of 2009 from 1993 to 1994, she zipped back to san francisco and was the chief officer for that fair city. amy also worked in the white house for president h.w. bush in the visitors office from 1989 to 1992. please me in giving a warm welcome to our incredible panel and our wonderful moderator. thanks again. for. all. welcome everybody. welcome to the stage. hello, everyone, again. this has been

of the ronald reagan institute, mr. roger zakheim. [applause] mr. zakheim: >> gd morning everybody. thank you for joining us today at the ronald reagan institute, which as those in the room no, carries on the legacy of our nations 40th president in washington, d.c.. i am the director of the institute and we are excited to host this eve in colloration with congressman bra wenstrup and the health subcommittee on intelligence. for those not aware of their series, what it means is you get information from congress that never sees sunlight. [laughter] but in rgan country is always sunny, so we will bring some into this discussion. the program is dedicated to sessing the health and effectiveness of america's national security innovation ecosystem. much of our work focuses on unlocking the potential of emerging technologiesnd capabilities like artificial inlligence, which as you all know, brings enormous omise for progress acro all of our national security endeavors. and i will shamelessly self promote here. outside we have ou

doug, you covered president reagan. he also was a creature of hollywood. >> when he got on stage you could tell. >> what was that relationship like? what was it like to cover him? how did he use the media or not? >> he was in there, so he was comfortable around the process. especially the photographers. he would have us therefore an hour or an hour and a half to greet small groups throughout the country. anybody who was a small group, he would come in to have his picture taken and he would tell stories in between to the photographers. we loved listening to stories and we were listening to every word. also to photograph him. i think about photo genic president obama, president reagan was in that class should you could not take a bad picture of him. he was very comfortable around media and he did a great job of his message. especially during the second term, even after being shot. i think the reporters enjoyed being around him. >> let's talk about coming back on the plane. the plane is air force one. the president has an

but mainly during the reagan years. as you undoubtedly know, reagans starred in many movies, and they loved watching movies, particularly at camp david. they enjoyed watching classic films such as singing in the rain and stagecoach, but they never missed the chance to view the latest hit like e.t. and raiders of the lost ark and the karate kid. president reagan implicitly understood that presidents need to remain in touch with what's popular in the country. and he certainly did that through film, movies and other forms. popular culture offer insights into who we are as americans and also who we aspire to be. i hope you are looking forward to hearing from more of our speakers today about this dynamic and popular culture shapes our perspectives of the presidency and. the people who've held that office. finally, i'd like to thank our partners from the john clooney center at the library of congress. both of our organizations are committed to the study and the preservation of history, as well as supporting new research and p

and there's there's one for lbj reagan actually appears on covers and in what are references to reaganhere and various things i haven't a straight up comic biography of him yet it doesn't mean it's not out there doesn't mean it's not out there but no certainly the fifties and sixties and even the seventies that particularly the publisher dell was doing those kinds of comics where it's just a straight up biography, comic biography, and it kind of ties into some of that educational aspect that is sort of a tension with comic books. and if you want to talk fiction. around world war two was when we were shifting from the weird science western comic books to the superhero style comic books that we see today. and with the original dc superhero, which wasn't the justice league, it was actually justice society. you saw depictions of president franklin roosevelt who is actually, according to dc comics, a member of the justice society as the man who actually formed the team of dc superhero shows during world war two. so if you go back to the original justice society comic books that depict world

we go all the way to 1980 with reagan selection and reagan used media and television in a different way. but the technology had continued to expand. 1980s. it's it's about the expansion of cable television, satellite technology. cnn is at that point the only cable network, but we're starting the end of the decade. talk about a 24 hour news cycle. and reagan was for those kinds of settings. he was so good at giving a scripted address for remarks. he knew how to get his mark onstage because he was a former actor before he was a radio announcer. so he was comfortable for the camera. and i'm not sure any other president or certainly before had been and then the other two presidents i would highlight at being skilled in this area are bill clinton in the 1990s with, you know, we always talk about new media in the nineties i know you all roll eyes at that, but believe it or not, then there was a lot of media technology innovation going on and was really good at finding ways to go around the white house press corps. he would do a lot of regional, local media. he would do a lot of like satellite

the eisenhower book reagan library.d with people in russia for stalin, for i mean, we found these nuggets that had been uncovered and. catherine and i worked as like pieces a quilt and put it together as real time. i mean, this is history but it is in a narrative form that reflects back to quotes and diaries and other people. reflecting on these moments, it was tougher when you went back to washington because there were there were notes and there were diaries and there were momthat . but we wanted to make it accurate to the narrative. and so we dug as much as we could. and i think we were really accurate to history. each book by the way, has this long notes section at the end where we document each one of these chapters and where we get that set up and my proudest moment in this whole now it's this will be the sixth book is i was giving a speech, the reagan library, and i'd finished the three days series three days in january was the middle of the cold. three days in moscow was the end of the cold war. three days at the

reagan retaliated against rating assets directly check out half of iran's navy. in a statement released moments ago president biden says the attack was carried out by radical iran back to militant groups operating in syria and iraq. the question what will happen? arthel: let's go to lucas tomlinson he is live at the white house. lucas what more can you tell us? works this is the deadliest attack on american forces in the middle east since the october 7 hamas massacre. as you mention a drone strike killed three u.s. troops and wounded 25 at a base in northeast jordan near the border with syria for that is according to the white house. president biden release in the e statement moments ago which says quote what we are still gathering the facts of the attack we know it was carried out by radical ironic back to militant groups operating in syria and i rocket. joel and i joined the families and friends of our fallen and americans across the country grieving the loss of these warriors in this despicable and wholly unjust attack. there have been over one or 59 attacks o