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It was a Saturday in August of 1982. President Ronald Reagan woke up that morning in the White House to headlines about U.S.-Soviet negotiations over nuclear weapons, a fierce tax debate in Congress, and rising unemployment rates. Reagan Library records show he spent much of the day “working on a speech about the economy.” Yet, as the president noted in his diary that day, it was his father-in-law’s eternal destination … Read More