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PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: While the President, First Lady and the dogs were relaxing at their ranch today two pieces of blog-related news surfaced having nothing to do with his stance on speaking with Iraq War protesters, or his polices, or whether or not Judge Roberts will be confirmed. This news is considerably less political. You see, The President is now doing one of the hippest things on the planet -- the President is podcasting! In the meantime, a hoax claiming that the President and a number of his administration officials had been indicted became the #1 search term...

For months there had been a quiet buzz in both political and publishing circles surrounding "The Book" being written about Sen. Hillary Clinton. The scuttlebutt had it that New York Times best-selling author Edward Klein was in the final stages of a blockbuster expose of the former first lady, the likes of which could derail her 2008 presidential aspirations. "The Truth About Hillary" is now out, and it has lived up to its billing in the fireworks department. Except the controversy surrounds not Hillary Clinton but author Ed Klein, and the broadsides against him are coming primarily from conservatives, not...

Former 1st Lady Nancy Reagan is set to take on President George W. Bush on the issue of stem cell research. She helped persuade 50 republican members of the House of Representatives to vote in favor of the measure when it passed the House last month. A close friend says the wife of the late President Ronald Reagan will do the same when the issue comes up in the Senate.

Former first lady Nancy Reagan was surprised last week to learn the White House had a secure bunker when Secret Service agents took her there as an unidentified aircraft approached the building. Liz Smith reports in Friday's New York Post that Mrs. Reagan was sitting in the White House watching a video of Diane Sawyer interviewing her when the Secret Service rushed into the room and ordered: "You must come with us!" At first Mrs. Reagan was reluctant to leave, telling the agents that she was watching something she really wanted to see. Because of the urgency of the situation,...

Nancy Reagan, preparing for her first big public event since her husband's state funeral, says staying at the White House has left her awash in emotions and memories of the years they spent here. The White House "brings back a lot of memories ... all the wonderful times, the not so wonderful times," Mrs. Reagan said in an interview aired Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." leven months after former President Reagan's death, Mrs. Reagan said she wasn't sure she's emotionally prepared yet for Wednesday's salute in her honor, her first big national appearance since Reagan's state funeral last June....

Two in Custody After Capitol Plane Scare 4 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol and White House were evacuated Wednesday after a small plane entered restricted airspace and came within three miles of the executive mansion. Military jets scrambled to intercept the aircraft and fired warning flares. Two men in the aircraft were later taken into custody at a Maryland airport where the plane landed after a military escort, said Capitol Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer. "This appears to be errant pilots," he said. He said officials were concerned because the plane appeared to be "on a straight-in shot...

President Bush signed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, providing funds ($82B) for military operations, relief and reconstruction for building democracies in Iraq and Afghanistan, and helping survivors of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. He and Condi Rice briefed Congressional leaders about their recent trip to Europe. The president was away from the WH as a small Cessna entered the no-fly zone around that national treasure, but Laura Bush was with Nancy Reagan at the WH when they both were removed to a secure location on the WH grounds...

Former first lady Nancy Reagan told CNN's Larry King that her late husband "had so many things in common" with Pope John Paul II. Former President Ronald Reagan and the Pope "both loved the outdoors; loved sports. They both adored young people. They both had great senses of humor ... they were both actors," Nancy told King. "When Ronnie was shot in '81, the pope was shot in '81," she recalled. "When Ronnie died in June ... the pope [looked] like he's going to die ... It's amazing how their lives crossed. "And then, you know, there was a whole...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The way former President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, would carry on about their love for each other, one might have gotten the impression their romance was carved in stone - and it turns out it was. A part-time estate liquidation consultant who was looking for anything the Reagans might have left behind at a Pacific Palisades home they lived in 50 years ago recently uncovered a slab of concrete. Carved into it was a heart and the initials "ND (for Mrs. Reagan's maiden name, Nancy Davis) and "RR." "I got a hose and washed it...

Hi everyone! I read in the Washington Times that there will be a Nancy Reagan tribute in Washington on 11 May. Does anybody have more info on that? I'm wondering if they will be selling/making available any tickets for the common guy (like me).

Former first lady Nancy Reagan said her late husband would want everything possible done to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. "Losing my husband to this cruel disease was hard enough, but I think it would be worse if we didn't do everything we can to find a cure. I know that's what Ronnie would want," Mrs. Reagan said by telephone during Saturday night's 10th annual Reagan Gala. Former President Ronald Reagan died June 4, 2004, after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. About 300 people attended "My Fair Lady, A Tribute to Nancy Reagan," sponsored by the California Central...

A special Request from Mike Reagan. At 8:05 est this evening, and on through the hour, Mike Reagan will open phone lines on his radio show in order that you might send a Thanksgiving message to Nancy. As you know these are her first holidays without Ronnie. She will be listening to the hour, and it is my hope that you will call in and express your thoughts - thankful or otherwise - and warmest wishes. The number to call, through the 8:00 EST hour, (8-9pm) is 1 - 800 - 510 - 8255 Will you also please pass this...

[Follow the link above and click on the story in the list to view the video. I am unable to provide a direct link] CBS 2 Top Videos Create Your Own Newscast: Check boxes of clips you wish to view, then click "View Playlist" Requires Windows Media Player | FAQs Check All - Clear All A Preview Of 'CSI: Miami' Sep 20, 2004 4pm CALIFORNIA DREAMS: Ristow's Robots Sep 20, 2004 5pm Recap Of The 56th Annual Emmy Awards Sep 20, 2004 6am New Monitoring Technology Helps To Predict Earthquakes Sep 20, 2004 4pm Airports Set To Increase Security Checks...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Former first lady Nancy Reagan smiled Monday as the Boeing 707 that served as Air Force One during her husband's two terms was moved to its final roost at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The 153-foot-long fuselage slowly slipped into the giant birdcage-like steel frame of the new $25 million presidential transportation pavilion. The fuselage and its clipped wings have been stored on the dusty hilltop since the dismantled aircraft arrived 15 months ago. Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. Reagan stopped at the library grave site of her husband, who died June 5 of complications...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was planning to use Ronald Reagan’s picture in a campaign promoting vegetarianism as a way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. “Win one for the Gipper” read the ad, which showed a smiling photo of the 40th president. “Animal fats DOUBLE your risk of Alzheimer’s.” Nancy Reagan not only didn’t send back a letter of support; her people fired off a cease-and-desist letter. “Discontinue any use of President Reagan’s name, signature, quote, image or likeness,” came a missive from Kirby Elizabeth Hanson, Director of Business Development for the Ronald Reagan Foundation. “You have no...

LOS ANGELES - President Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday won the embrace of two California Republican icons, Nancy Reagan and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites), hoping their glow would rub off on him in a state that remains hostile territory to him. At a fund raiser that brought in $3 million for the Republican National Committee (news - web sites), Bush praised Schwarzenegger for his performance following last year's gubernatorial recall election. "He came to this important state and he got the job done," Bush told donors. "That's how I hope people view me as well...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) appeared with popular Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) and former first lady Nancy Reagan on Thursday to try to improve his election-year standing in a vote-rich state where Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) holds a wide lead. "I intend to compete in California," Bush said. "Nobody should take this state for granted in 2004." Bush's appearance with Schwarzenegger at a Republican fund-raiser served to blunt political talk that the governor might not want to launch an all-out effort to help Bush win the state...

President Bush spoke to Union Members while touring the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners International Training Facility in Las Vegas, President Bush was campaigning in Nevada and California today and found time to pay a visit to Nancy Reagan at her home in Bel Air, California ENJOY YOUR VISIT TO SANITY ISLAND

Nancy Reagan Throws Support to Bush Tuesday, August 03, 2004 LOS ANGELES — Former first lady Nancy Reagan (search), who opposes President Bush's policy on limiting embryonic stem cell research, is backing the Republican's re-election bid. "The campaign is certainly about more than one issue," said spokeswoman Joanne Drake, who described Reagan on Tuesday as in "full and complete support of President Bush's candidacy." Nancy Reagan is a strong advocate of stem cell research (search), arguing as many scientists do that stem cells, the body's building blocks, can be used to repair organs or treat diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's...

Nancy Reagan Backing Bush's Re-Election Tue Aug 3, 4:39 PM ET Add Politics - AP to My Yahoo! By JEFF WILSON, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who opposes President Bush (news - web sites)'s policy on limiting embryonic stem cell research, is backing the Republican's re-election bid. AP Photo Latest headlines: · Bush Courts Catholics, Promises on Social Issues Reuters - 58 minutes ago · More Time Sought to Count GI Ballots AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago · Bush courts Roman Catholic votes in Texas AFP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago...

LOS ANGELES - While Nancy Reagan disagrees with President Bush's stance on limiting stem-cell research, the former first lady Nancy Reagan strongly endorses Bush's re-election bid. "She's in full and complete support of President Bush's candidacy," Reagan spokeswoman Joanne Drake said Tuesday. "The campaign is certainly about more than one issue."

In a statement made Monday to NewsMax.com, Nancy Reagan said she was strongly endorsing President Bush's re-election and rejected a published Internet report that she was not backing his run for a second term. Joanne Drake, the chief of staff for former President Ronald Reagan’s office in Los Angeles, said in a statement on behalf of the former first lady, “Mrs. Reagan supports President Bush’s re-election 150 percent.” Published reports have suggested that Mrs. Reagan was unhappy with President Bush for his opposition to taxpayer-funded stem cell research that kills human embryos, which Mrs. Reagan has supported after her husband’s...

<p>In a statement made Monday to NewsMax.com, Nancy Reagan said she was strongly endorsing President Bush's re-election and rejected a published Internet report that she was not backing his re-election.</p> <p>Joanne Drake, the chief of staff for former President Ronald Reagan’s office in Los Angeles, said in a statement on behalf of the former first lady, “Mrs. Reagan supports President Bush’s re-election 150 percent.” Published reports have suggested that Mrs. Reagan was unhappy with President Bush for his opposition to taxpayer-funded stem cell research that kills human embryos, which Mrs. Reagan has supported after her husband’s long bout with Alzheimer’s disease.</p>

(CBS/AP) Nancy Reagan won't attend the Republican National Convention in New York City next month, according to published reports. The Houston Chronicle, citing a Reagan confidant, said the 83-year-old former first lady had rebuffed inquiries from GOP officials who offered her a speaking role at the convention. Separately, the New York Daily News said GOP officials had confirmed that Mrs. Reagan - a Republican icon in her own right - had decided against coming to New York. "I do not expect her at our convention," Republican chairman Ed Gillespie told reporters on Tuesday.

Bush campaign officials are holding out hope that Nancy Reagan, widow of the late president, can be enticed to attend -- and possibly even to speak to -- the Republican National Convention in New York next month. It would be a coup to trump the appearance of the Reagans' son, Ron, at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night. Ron Reagan, who has been critical of President Bush, will speak in support of stem cell research, which Bush opposes. Stem cell research is seen as an important tool in combatting Alzheimer's disease. Former President Reagan, who announced 10 years ago...

From KGTV-San Diego via Yahoo News:Former first lady Nancy Reagan and other dignitaries are scheduled to be on hand today as the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, arrives at its homeport in San Diego. The 1,096-foot ship with a crew of about 3,000 is scheduled to dock at Naval Air Station North Island about 10 a.m. (Pacific time). The Reagan has two nuclear reactors that can power the ship for more than 20 years without having to refuel. It carries more than 80 combat aircraft and can house up to 6,000 sailors. The Nimitz-class carrier was was...

Organizers have announced some of the plans for the welcoming into San Diego of the newest ship to homeport here, the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan on July 23rd. A huge crowd is expected, including about 3,000 family members of the ship's crew and two very special guests, former First Lady Nancy Reagan and the late president's son, Michael Reagan. U.S.S. Ronald Reagan host committee spokeswoman Faye Eason says the day's festivities will be capped off with a spectacular fireworks show. As the hometown station for its arrival, Newsradio 600 KOGO is providing continuing live coverage, including weekly live call-ins from the...

Amid the spontaneous outpouring of respect and affection for Ronald Reagan after his death, a discordant note was sounded by his son. In a succession of television and newspaper interviews, Ron Reagan Jr. used the occasion to trash George W. Bush by drawing invidious comparisons between his father and the current president. Nobody knew how to respond in a time of national mourning. Nobody, that is, except William F. Buckley Jr. The elder statesman of the conservative movement considered Ron Jr.'s remarks a public challenge that ought to be challenged publicly. Buckley wrote Reagan a letter that specifically addressed his...

Merv Griffin Gives Nancy Reagan a Puppy By JEFF WILSON Associated Press Writer July 12, 2004, 5:10 PM EDT LOS ANGELES -- Longtime pal Merv Griffin gave Nancy Reagan a Shar-Pei puppy she named Dutchess in honor of her late husband, former President Reagan. "It's keeping her busy," Reagan chief-of-staff Joanne Drake said Monday. Griffin gave the puppy to Mrs. Reagan for her 83rd birthday on July 6. The former talk show host shares a birthday with the former first lady -- Griffin turned 79.

Letters to the Editor of The Lincoln County News in Damariscotta, Maine speak out in July 8th weekly edition on "anonymous[4th of July]parade float" depicting former President Reagan bobbing in and out of his coffin with a reference to his Alzheimer's disease, "Nancy who"? GOOD TASTE NOT CENSORSHIPTo the Editor: I attended the 4th of July parade in Rond Pond this year for the first time. Even though I don't agree with their politics, I found the anti-Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld floats quite amusing. But the float showing Ronald Reagan in a coffin with a headstone was in extremely poor taste. Also the...

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com A national treasure's birthdayBy Mark D. WeinbergPublished July 6, 2004 Nancy Reagan has a birthday today. It's hardly happy -- her first in more than a half-century without her beloved husband, and it comes just a month after he died.     Surely friends and family will be with her. Nonetheless it is overshadowed by the loneliness and sadness of missing the one person she wishes more than anything could still be at her side, even for just a minute more.     For a decade Nancy Reagan held her breath as her husband slipped away. Now she can breathe again...

<p>In the last 30 days I have experienced an extraordinary outpouring of sympathy and love from old friends — and new — across the country and around the world. So much has happened to warm the hearts of everyone in my family. It is not easy to find a way to express our appreciation. Ronnie would have said, "Just tell them." So, although it has been the saddest and most difficult of times, I want you to know that we are comforted by the prayers, the support and all the love.</p>

President Reagan was arriving back in Washington fresh from his summit with Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland, when Forrest McDonald saw him in October 1986. “He was fresh off of the plane and gave a speech to the press. There might have been 400 people there," McDonald remembers. The speech was about the summit, which had ended shortly before Reagan departed on Air Force One. Because of its content and the timing of the speech, it had to have been written on the plane. McDonald obtained a copy and followed it as Reagan spoke. “He never looked once at a...

<p>Ronald Reagan's death from Alzheimer's disease Saturday has triggered an outpouring of support for human embryonic stem cell research. Building on comments made by Nancy Reagan last month, scores of senators on Monday called upon President Bush to loosen his restrictions on the controversial research, which requires the destruction of human embryos. Patient groups have also chimed in, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday added his support for a policy review.</p>

Saturday, June 19, 2004 6:08 p.m. EDT Ron Jr.: Nancy Won't Address GOP Convention -- Unless Bush Caves Former first son Ronald Reagan, Jr., said Friday that former first lady Nancy Reagan would consider addressing the GOP convention this September if President Bush drops his opposition to stem cell research. Asked if his mother would consider such a deal, Reagan told NBC "Dateline" host Chris Matthews: Story Continues Below "If [President Bush] said, 'OK, I'm going to change my mind now. I've seen the light, you know, Nancy has - has shown me the light and I'm going to change...

Gossip guru Liz Smith says today in the New York Post that her friend Nancy Reagan "already been asked to speak at the Republican Convention but will decline." Smith doesn't speculate in print on whether the refusal has anything to do with Mrs. Reagan's disagreement with President Bush over using human embryos for research, but others will. The columnist goes on to list some of the celebs who attended the final ceremony for Ronald Reagan at the presidential library in Simi Valley: Tom Selleck, Johnny Mathis, Wayne Newton, Betsy Bloomingdale, Charles Wick, four of the Sinatras and the notably unconservative...

ASHINGTON, June 14 - As Republicans try to cloak President Bush in the mantle of Ronald Reagan, their biggest obstacle may be Mr. Reagan's own family.Even before Mr. Reagan died, Nancy Reagan and her daughter, Patti Davis, made their opposition to Mr. Bush's policy on stem-cell research well known. But on Friday, at the culmination of an emotional week of mourning for the former president, his son Ron Reagan delivered a eulogy that castigated politicians who use religion "to gain political advantage," a comment that was being interpreted in Washington as a not-so-subtle slap at Mr. Bush.The remark has provoked...

It was reported earlier this past week that former President Bill Clinton was furious that he had not been invited to speak at the Friday state funeral of former President Ronald Reagan. Clinton, so the story went, felt that the Reagan rites were being 'politicized' and he preferred the Nixon funeral 10 years ago in which both former Democratic and Republican presidents spoke. In fact, Newsmax.com's John LeBoutillier has learned, it indeed was Nancy Reagan's adamant wish that Bill Clinton not speak at her late husband's funeral. LeBoutillier, a former U.S. congressman with friends close to the Reagan White House...

Press Release Source: Newsweek NEWSWEEK COVER: Nancy's Story Sunday June 13, 10:43 am ET Her Stem-Cell Crusade: Can We Cure Alzheimer's? Patti Davis Says Her Mother Has Emerged As Central Figure In Effort 'To Get The Federal Government Out of the Way'; 'She Is the Voice of Stem-Cell Research Now' NIH Director to Meet With Representatives Who Urge Easing of Restrictions on Research # NEW YORK, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis writes that 10 years ago, when her father wrote his last letter to the country, if you heard the words "stem-cell research," you would have...

Stem Cells Not the Priority for Alzheimer'sNewsMax.com WiresFriday, June 11, 2004 NEW YORK – Despite the high profile that Nancy Reagan and others have given the idea of using embryonic stem cells to treat Alzheimer's disease, advances are likely to come faster from other approaches. Experts cite other more promising efforts that in five to 10 years may be used to fight the disease that led to President Reagan's death. "I just think everybody feels there are higher priorities for seeking effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease and for identifying preventive strategies," said Marilyn Albert, a Johns Hopkins University researcher who...

<p>LOS ANGELES — In a week of enduring images, perhaps the most poignant came at the end.</p> <p>Nancy Reagan, saying her final farewell to her husband of 52 years, rested her head on his casket, crying and caressing the mahogany coffin as she was surrounded by the president's three surviving children.</p>

Nancy finds place in nation's heart 11:54 PM CDT on Friday, June 11, 2004By ROBERT DODGE / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – After a week of pomp, pageantry and processions, all designed as a tribute and farewell to Ronald Reagan, one of the most memorable images will be Nancy Reagan. They were historic images, but also ones of devotion, love and strength. There was Mrs. Reagan placing her head on the former president's flag-draped coffin. There was Mrs. Reagan waving to admirers during the procession to Capitol Hill. And there was Mrs. Reagan blowing a kiss as she boarded...

WASHINGTON, June 11 — Nancy Reagan started her seventh day of mourning Friday bowed over her husband's coffin in the Rotunda of the Capitol. By the time the sun set in California 12 hours later, Mrs. Reagan had attended a state funeral at National Cathedral, a formal send-off at Andrews Air Force Base and, after a cross-country flight aboard an Air Force jumbo jet, Ronald Reagan's burial on a hillside outside Los Angeles. For Mrs. Reagan, it was an exhausting and emotional test of endurance, all the more so for an 82-year-old woman who, as friends noted, for 10 years...

<p>Nancy Reagan set an example of grace and propriety for the world this week.</p> <p>Her every move chronicled on camera before a global audience, the wife of former President Ronald Reagan emerged before the public as a woman of both touching warmth and determined inner mettle.</p>

<p>June 12, 2004 -- Nancy Reagan's last day with her husband began with a poignant visit to the Capitol in Washington and ended a continent away when she caressed her beloved husband's flag-draped coffin and whispered "I love you" to him one last time.</p>

Commanding General Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman's Biography Major General Galen B. Jackman was commissioned from the University of Nebraska ROTC Program in 1973. His first duty assignment was with the 1st battalion (ABN) 508th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, where he served as a rifle platoon leader, anti-tank platoon leader, company executive officer, and battalion adjutant. He next served with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, as a battalion S4, rifle company commander, and battalion S3. Following assignment as a Procurement Officer with the United States Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, he served as Procurement Officer, Squadron Executive...

Peter Jennings just did the "Person of the Week" feature on the news. Did anyone else happen to see it? OMG - Nancy Reagan was the "Person of the Week," and Jennings just COULD NOT resist taking his digs. He made references to the White House china thing, then showed the clip from the ranch where Nancy, under her breath, prompted President Reagan on what to say (I don't personally remember that incident), and said other nasty things, as well.It was tasteless, but how typical that the left just cannot stop themselves from acting like morons.

*snip* Honorary pallbearer Merv Griffin told friends that on the ride from the funeral home Monday to the Ronald Reagan Library in California, Mrs. Reagan told him she was moved and surprised by the public outpouring. Traffic in the opposite direction stopped, and people jumped from their cars to wave at the motorcade. "I thought they forgot Ronnie," she said, "because nobody had seen him for 10 years."