Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigJun 22, 2019
The 40th president, though he proved to be less extreme than his campaign promises, ignited a wide transformation that resounds to this day. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 15, 2016
The "Full Frontal" host could only explain Hillary Clinton's erroneous statement that Ronald and Nancy Reagan had started a national conversation about HIV and AIDS by quipping that Clinton had "apparently suffered a stroke." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton on Friday afternoon walked back a gross misstatement in which she had praised the recently deceased former first lady Nancy Reagan and President Reagan for starting “a national conversation” on the deadly AIDS virus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Kasia Anderson / TruthdigMar 7, 2016
Though for the most part she spent her later years as a private citizen, Nancy Reagan was also a longtime public figure and emblematic of an era in American political history. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 8, 2008
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall during Barack Obama's apology call to Nancy Reagan on Friday. Obama called Mrs. Reagan after making a jokey comment, during his first press conference since he was elected president, in which he referred obliquely to her reported esoteric interests during her time in the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 28, 2006
This 1985 anti-drug music video was the only such work to ever be sponsored by the White House. Featuring Ah-nold, Whitney Houston, David Hasselhoff and Nancy Reagan, it is a bygone, cheesy reminder of the nation's fight against drugs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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