extent that change happened when he was running for president. >> if i could add quickly, on that tony dolan even says in various places, interviews and so forth, that when people asked him how did you write so well for reagan, he said because i went and read reagan. >> if you ever -- you should look at the westminster address and look at the dolan draft and then look what reagan does to it. and there are places where re

. >> if i could add quickly, on that tony dolan even says in various places, interviews and so forth, that when people asked him how did you write so well for reagan, he said because i went and read reagan. >> if you ever -- you should look at the westminster address and look at the dolan draft and then look what reagan does to it. and there are places where reagan will mark out four paragraphs and a partial sentence, he'll link it to another sentence eight or nine paragraphs later and doggone it, if it doesn't read better and cut out things that unnecessarily offended people for no reason and read some of the things he wrote and passages that i've mentioned, it's just magic. henry. >> one point-- (inaudible). . >> i thought i was following your argument in your book about reagan, henry. >> you say that he was committed -- i love the section about leverage. >> right. >> and his capability and -- i guess i'm-- with perspective. you said arms control and abolition. and he was still realistic to understand after you got rid of weapons, nuclear weapons, you still have to face a world you

files that reagan the primary author of this strategy often over the pragmatists in his but also tony dolan and the others who were let us say less pragmatic that reagan was the author this in the westminster speech. this is only one anecdote. but reagan either edited or wrote about 60% of the final speech. you cannot spend more than 5 minutes with speeches that edited. i remember. clearly when i first discovered that the realization that -- reagan was really because that skill editing reveals a very sufficient excited mind. thank you very much. well, we mostly kept to our time limits. and so we have time for some discussion. questions, comments comments. go ahead, roger that. great to have all of you here. and thanks for that excellent set of presentations. i am curious, particularly for the last presentations, but welcome the entire panel to address this. what you see reagan doing prior to his election today as it relates to peace, strength, about his commitment to arms control reductions. your in the last presentation that really advance your theory and seems there's a lot out there on t