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Years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev were sitting in a backyard near Stanford, where Shultz was teaching. The two men discussed what they thought was the turning point in ending the Cold War. Gorbachev said it was two leaders — he and President Ronald Reagan — sitting in a room together, talking. Shultz said it was Reagan’s decision to show military might in 1983 by sending missiles to West Germany. “The strength we put on display was never used,” Shultz said. “Strength works hand in...

Hello Freepers! Here is an ACTIVISM UPDATE FROM JOHN ZIEGLER! **** Dear John Ziegler/Media Malpractice Mailing List Members: I just wanted to let you know that will be back on the radio from my Alaskan vacation this coming Monday, August 10th for what promises to be an interesting show. At that time I will tell the full story behind me replacing Sarah Palin as the speaker at the August 8th event at the Reagan Library. If you live in Southern California you can listen live (11 am-1pm) on 1260 (LA) or 540 (OC/San Diego) am. If you live elsewhere you...

Sarah Palin is expected to make a visit next week to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California, in what would be her first public appearance outside Alaska since resigning as governor, and the sponsors said on Wednesday the event will be closed to the media. Palin, the self-described hockey mom turned politician, is slated as “our expected guest” on Aug. 8 for a 50th anniversary gala hosted by the Simi Valley Republican Women, Federated, a nonprofit group of GOP volunteers, according to an e-mail from the group’s president Peggy Sadler. An accompanying notice states bluntly: “No...

The L.A. Chapter needs YOUR help with this FReep! Sarah Palin is scheduled to be GUEST SPEAKERin the Air Force One Pavilion of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and MuseumSATURDAY, August 8for a 50th Anniversary Gala of the the Simi Valley Republican Women Federated As I posted to MayflowerMadam on the other thread:I’ve sent emails to the Republican group as well — for verification that this is actually happening, and have not had any response... I am fairly confident that it **is** going to happen.But the Simi Valley group was not expecting to get so much attention, having planned this...

Reagan library spokeswoman Melissa Giller said the event will be held in a cavernous pavilion that houses the former president's jet, Air Force One. The hilltop library is located about 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Click here for live video stream of the Troopathon.Click here for Syncro's Blogger Shootout Competition thread.Jim Robinson and Syncro should be on site at the Reagan Library for the Troopathon. Howdy hi guys!Move America Forward's Troopathon is being hosted by FRiends of Free Republic Melanie Morgan and Andrew Breitbart.Here's a recent press release mentioning some of the guests for the Troopathon. Sacramento , CA – Hollywood movie stars Kelsey Grammer and Gary Sinise have generously agreed to participate and appear on Move America Forward’s campaign to send the largest ever shipment of care packages to our troops serving overseas. “Both...

We are here at the Troopathon! Jim Robinson, Shelia and Chris And me Syncro Rush Limbaugh is on now, click on the link!

From the Front Page of Free Republic: MAF's 2nd Annual Troopathon! Announcing MAF's Second Annual "HONOR THEIR SERVICE" Care Package Program and TROOPATHON!! Webcast LIVE from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, June 25, 2009, hosted by Andrew Breitbart and Melanie Morgan, featuring Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, Sean Hanity, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and many other FReeper favorites! Free Republic will be there!! Syncro is the FreeRepublic.com Team Captain for the Troopathon BLOGGER SHOOTOUT competition and we will also be joining the MAF Team at the Reagan Library! Hope to see you there! Click the Troopathon.org banner to sponsor a care...

Just Confirmed: Gary SiniseKelsey GrammerElisabeth HasselbeckRoger Hedgecock Click Here for a Complete List of Guests On June 25th, Move America Forward will be holding our 2nd annual “Troop-a-thon” titled “Honor their Service.” This cutting edge live webcast event brings together talk radio hosts, megastars of film and television, musical guests, journalists, military and Gold-star families, pro-troop groups and many more. The goal of this charity fundraiser is to send the largest ever shipment of care packages to our brave men and women of the armed forces serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. Viewers are encouraged to sponsor care...

Moscow, March 20, Interfax - In 1980s, the idea that religion might change the Soviet system preoccupied US President Ronald Reagan. This is testified by the notes taken by two Reagan aides during the meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. According to these documents recently declassified and made available at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Reagan secretly attempted to persuade Gorbachev of the existence of God, Vedomosti. Pyatnitsa newspaper reports. During their fourth summit meeting in 1988, Reagan launched into a private conversation with Gorbachev, one that he promised he would deny had ever taken place. The...

It was the question that preoccupied President Ronald Reagan: Was Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev a religious believer? Reagan held a series of summits with Gorbachev from 1985 to 1988, and as their meetings proceeded, Reagan sometimes speculated to his aides that Gorbachev's use of phrases such as "God bless" might be an expression of religious faith. Many of the summit sessions involved large groups of U.S. and Soviet officials, discussing issues like arms control and regional conflicts. But in one-on-one talks with Gorbachev outside the presence of other senior officials like Secretary of State George Shultz, Reagan sometimes ventured off...

Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of my father's death. For anyone who has lost a loved one, those anniversaries are both sad and sweet. The sadness is obvious—you don't stop missing the person who has gone; you don't stop wishing you'd had one more year, one more day. The sweetness sneaks up on you. It comes in the form of memories, some of them long buried. But mostly it comes with the realization that nothing ever dismantled the love between you, even though many things seemed to along the way. At this time of year in California, the jacaranda trees...

NOTE: I just got my ticket for the speech and dinner after the KABC broadcast. There are a few left. Who is going? Carpool? ========================================================================== TalkRadio 790 KABC is on the road again as Larry Elder heads to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley on Friday, May 9th. Join Larry Elder as he broadcasts his show beginning at 3pm from the Presidential Learning Center. He'll also be signing his newest book, Stupid Black Men, How To Play the Race Card and Lose, that will be on sale.

Youth Leadership School Radisson Hotel Chatsworth Chatsworth, CA May 3rd – 4th, 2008 Since 1979, no other organization has prepared as many people with the nuts-and-bolts techniques necessary to be effective youth leaders as the Leadership Institute. The Institute was founded in 1979 by Morton C. Blackwell to train the next generation of conservative leaders; to date we have trained over 59,000 conservatives. Attend the Youth Leadership School and join the ranks of Morton Blackwell’s notable graduates: • Karl Rove, Former Deputy Chief of Staff for President Bush • United States Senator Mitch McConnell, Kentucky • United States Congressman Patrick...

Reagan Library Republican Presidential Debate: January 30, 2008 SIMI VALLEY, California (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopefuls will face off Wednesday night without a familiar face as ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out and endorse front-runner Sen. John McCain. The remaining candidates will take the stage in a debate -- sponsored by CNN, the Los Angeles Times and Politico -- beginning at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday. The event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, follows McCain's Tuesday night win in the Florida primary. McCain topped former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 36 percent to...

In the wake of the loss in Florida yesterday, Mitt Romney needs to focus on tonight's debate to break out as the conservative choice for the nomination. John McCain has taken leads in significant Super Tuesday states, and tonight will be the last national audience for all of the remaining candidates before 21 states go to the polls or the caucuses. Romney has to ignite conservatives and make this a binary race across a clear ideological line. Some feel that the moment has already passed. Writers at The Corner and Dick Morris have resigned themselves to a Romney loss before...

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation has joined forces with CNN, the Los Angeles Times and POLITICO.COM to host the final GOP presidential debate before the 2008 “Super-Tuesday” primary in California and several other key states. The event will give voters one last opportunity to hear the GOP front-runner candidates discuss their positions in a debate format before casting their votes in the February 5, 2008 primary. This will serve as a follow-up to the first debate of the full field of GOP Presidential candidates that was held at the Reagan Library on May 3, 2007.

WASHINGTON -- The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is unable to find or account for tens of thousands of valuable mementos of Reagan's White House years because a "near universal" security breakdown left the artifacts vulnerable to pilfering by insiders, an audit by the National Archives inspector general has concluded. Inspector General Paul Brachfeld said that his office was investigating allegations that a former employee stole Reagan memorabilia but that the probe had been hampered by the facility's sloppy record-keeping. "We have been told by sources that a person who had access capability removed holdings," Brachfeld said in an interview. "But...

WASHINGTON — The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library cannot account for the whereabouts of tens of thousands of artifacts relating to the country's 40th president, FOX News has confirmed.< >The audit of all 12 presidential libraries found that the Reagan Library couldn't locate more than 80,000 pieces of the collection, out of roughly 100,000 items.< >

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1 – Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread Sam Brownback Jim Gilmore Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter John McCain Mitt Romney Ron Paul Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson The debate will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, and will air live on MSNBC from 8:00 to 9:30 pm (ET) and stream live on MSNBC.com and politico.com and will include audience questions gathered on politico.com.

During its 28 years of service, Air Force One 27000 carried more presidents to more countries on more missions than any other aircraft in history. The last Boeing 707 to see presidential service, 27000 was the scene of the transfer of power from President Richard Nixon to President Gerald Ford. In 1987, the craft took President Reagan to West Berlin, where he called for an end to the Cold War, famously demanding Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev "tear down this wall." But perhaps the journey from a San Bernardino hangar to atop a hill in Simi Valley was the most dramatic...

SIMI VALLEY How does Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito describe the last year, when he endured a bruising confirmation fight in the Senate to land a seat on the nation's highest court? "I sometimes feel as if I had an out of body experience," he said. Speaking Tuesday to a capacity crowd at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Alito described the highs and lows that came with being plucked from the relative quiet of a seat on the federal bench in New Jersey and landing in the spotlight of Washington politics. It was, he said, "certainly quite a change." Hounded...

Saturday July 22, 2006 the Freeper Motorhome (60' with Hot Tub on the top) arrives at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.The Robinsons arrive at the Ronald Reagan Library on Saturday. FR Security Personnel (in sunglasses left rear and under FR hat in foreground left) check area as Jim and family enter facility. Jim and Shelia Check out the Library.

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As FReeper The Spirit Of Allegiance posted on the other thread: Jim Robinson and a bunch of southern California FReepers are going to the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in Simi Valley -- on Saturday July 22! Come join us! There is a LOT to see, so if you can, arrive between 10 and noon for a head start.Jim & Crew will probably arrive about noon and we'll have lunch, then most of us will tour as a group in the afternoon. At NOON, find the tables near the Berlin Wall display--there are tables where we can picnic. Bring...

Jim Robinson and a bunch of FReepers are going Saturday July 22 to the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in Simi Valley -- Come join us! There is a LOT to see, so if you can, arrive between 10 and noon for a head start. Jim & Crew will probably arrive about noon and we'll have lunch, then most of us will tour as a group in the afternoon. At NOON, find the tables near the Berlin Wall display--there are tables where we can picnic. Bring Your Own--or bring enough to share! There is covered seating for 100, 1st come...

Just received a copy of the 2006 spring catalog from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. The theme of the catalog is "The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan," and contains a few classics from The Gipper: Claire Booth Luce gave a long-winded introduction of President Reagan once, recalling examples of how former presidents had faced the heavy burdens, sacrifices, and endless suffering as Lonely Titans of the Oval Office. When Reagan finally got the microphone he replied, "Well, Claire, I must be doing something wrong. I'm kind of enjoying myself."Upon his 75th birthday: "I did turn seventy-five today, but remember,...

A portrait of former British Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher was unveiled yesterday by former first lady Nancy Reagan at the Reagan Presidential Library. Described by the Ventura Country Star as showing Mrs. Thatcher - the fiercely determined woman the Soviets dubbed "The Iron Lady" - wearing a royal blue suit and seated with her hands folded in her lap. The portrait is the work of artist Richard Stone, the only artist whose royal subjects include Queen Elizabeth II, the Prince of Wales, and Princes William and Harry. Stone said the painting took him 10 months to complete and was...

1. Khamenei: Iran Will Have Bomb in April April 8, 2006 could turn out to be an ominous date in history - that's the day Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says that Iran will have a nuclear weapon. Late last year Khamenei gathered his top advisers for a strategy meeting and told them "it has been promised that by April 8, we will be in a position to show the entire world that we are members of the club." This presumably refers to nuclear weapons, according to National Review Online Contributing Editor Michael Ledeen, who offered an inside look at...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Nearly 1.3 million photographs taken during former President Ronald Reagan's eight years in the White House were released Friday for public viewing at his hilltop library. The release on the 25th anniversary of Reagan's inauguration as the nation's 40th president rounds out a photo collection that spans the first to last day of the Reagan presidency. Some 261,000 photos from 1981 to 1982 were previously available to the public. "The sheer number is amazing," library director R. Duke Blackwood said. "It's a great opportunity for America to get a closer glimpse at what goes on...

Am planning a Thanksgiving week trip to the Reagan Library with family visiting from Florida (I'm in San Diego) and would appreciate any help anyone could offer. Where to stay, what to do, what not to miss, that sort of thing. Thanks!

Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens donated $10 million to the Ronald Reagan library, covering the remaining costs of the new Air Force One Pavilion at the hilltop museum. The gift from Pickens, who in 1980 was Texas state finance chairman for Reagan's presidential campaign, will allow the foundation to pay off its $32 million construction loan. "This gift means so much to me," former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement Thursday, the eve of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's opening ceremony for the pavilion. "Ronnie and I have been friends with Boone for many years. That his...

LOS ANGELES -- In a salute to Ronald Reagan, President Bush is helping dedicate a new Air Force One exhibit at the former president's library, but his appearance at a GOP fundraiser while he's here has upset some California Republicans. Bush was to join former first lady Nancy Reagan in Simi Valley on Friday to officially open a new pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library that features a Boeing 707, which carried Reagan and six other presidents. ~snip~ "I've met with the president several times in the past. We've worked together, and we have a good working relationship," Schwarzenegger...

The President travelled to California yesterday attending a fund raiser in the evening and today the Opening Ceremony for Air Force One Pavilion a the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Yesterday and today the Governor of Florida Jeb Bush contends with yet another hurricane Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw answer questions after speaking to students at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld continues his tour of the far east at present he is in South Korea Today is Trafalgar Day in Britain For further information on this see Battle of...

. Oct 19, 2005 9:28 am US/PacificGovernor Schwarzenegger To Avoid Bush -- Again (AP) LOS ANGELES At the Republican National Convention last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't say enough good things about President Bush. But lately, it looks like he's trying to avoid him. The president will visit California this week for the second time since August, but he and the Republican governor are not expected to see each other - in public or private - for the second consecutive time. CBS 5 Special Election Headquarters With the Nov. 8 special election looming, Schwarzenegger is trying to court independents and...

Roads in the area of the San Diego (405) Freeway and Sunset Boulevard To Be Closed From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. LOS ANGELES - President Bush travels to the Southland to raise money for the GOP, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger, a fellow Republican, downplayed reports of his irritation over the visit. With the president's staff apparently having disregarded a request by the governor to delay the California visit, Bush is scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport this afternoon at the start of a two-day visit. Following his arrival, Bush will present the President's Volunteer Service Award to...

Axe falls on Reagan tour guides 'for being too old' By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles (Filed: 10/10/2005) Elderly volunteers at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library claim they have been barred from giving tours and welcoming visitors because they are too old - even though many are younger than the former president when he led the US. Nearly 30 of the volunteers learned of their fate in a letter telling them that they were being relieved of their duties. They were awarded "emeritus" status and handed glass globes and certificates signed by Nancy Reagan. Administrators deny that age was a...

"In Reagan Country, Elderly Docents Feeling Snubbed. Presidential Library for nation's oldest leader relieves many seniors from active duty."

Last week, the Reagan Library released 136 "boxes" of material pertaining to John Roberts from his time in the White House Counsel's Office. Hugh Hewitt asked bloggers to adopt a box o'docs, and report on what was in there. The list is just about complete. Over on Radioblogger, you can see the title of each electronic "box" and a link to each review of documents. It's the first time that the general public has been able to get into the game, in their own way, in the confirmation process.

An F-14 Tomcat fighter jet was set in place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Monday in ceremonies marking an important milestone in construction of the Air Force One Pavilion, which is expected to open in the fall. Addressing a crowd of hundreds of guests, Rear Adm. David J. Venlet said the Air Force One exhibit and others at the library and museum tell the story of President Reagan's legacy. "It does a great job of highlighting the military's impact in the defense of freedom," said Venlet, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for action in the Gulf...

SIMI VALLEY- An F-14 Tomcat fighter jet will be hoisted into a permanent display area next week close to the nearly completed Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The 30,000-pound Northrop Grumman aircraft will be carried by a crane outside the pavilion in a ceremony celebrating Reagan's "peace through strength" strategy and marking a milestone in the making of the Air Force One Pavilion. "This is the last of the really large artifacts coming to the library to complete the Air Force One Pavilion," said Melissa Giller, director of communications for the Reagan Library....

SIMI VALLEY - More than 5,000 new pages of documents related to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' work for the Reagan administration will be opened to the public Monday at the Reagan Presidential Library. The library has about 50,000 pages of records related to Roberts' work as associate White House counsel. Roughly 8,000 pages had been released before Roberts was nominated to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush. Since the nomination, archivists at the library have been working seven days a week, preparing the documents for researchers on both sides of the debate. While the Reagan Library in...

Ronald Reagan's handwritten diaries of his eight years in the White House will be published as a book to be released next year, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation and HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday. Reagan, who died at 93 last June following a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease, wrote in his diaries every day of his presidency, recording his thoughts on events both routine and historic, officials said. While the volumes "were not initially intended for publication, we feel that these volumes offer an unprecedented insight into the Reagan Presidency," said Frederick Ryan Jr., chairman of the foundation's board of...

Tiger Shot, Killed Near Reagan Library Thursday February 24, 2005 3:46 AM By LAURA WIDES Associated press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities shot and killed a male tiger Wednesday that had been roaming the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The 425-pound cat was shot several hundred yards from soccer and baseball fields at the edge of a housing development, said Lorna Bernard, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. ``It's unfortunate that we had to kill it,'' Bernard said. ``It's even more unfortunate that the person who owned it didn't come forward and alert...

MOORPARK — Authorities shot and killed a tiger today that had been roaming the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The cat was shot several hundred yards from school soccer and baseball fields at the edge of a housing development, said Lorna Bernard, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. "It's unfortunate that we had to kill it," Bernard said. "It's even more unfortunate that the person who owned it didn't come forward and alert us immediately. We might have been able to capture it." She said trackers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities shot and killed a male tiger Wednesday that had been roaming the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The 425-pound cat was shot several hundred yards from soccer and baseball fields at the edge of a housing development. Authorities still don't know who the owner is. "It's unfortunate that we had to kill it," said Lorna Bernard, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. "It's even more unfortunate that the person who owned it didn't come forward and alert us immediately. We might have been able to capture it." Trackers had...

Lion May Be Roaming Countryside Near Ronald Reagan Library POSTED: 4:08 pm EST February 18, 2005 SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- A large exotic cat -- possibly even an African lion -- may be roaming the rural countryside near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, authorities said Friday. Professional trackers were brought in to hunt for the animal after several sets of tracks, far too large for native bobcats or mountain lions, were found on a ranch not far from the hilltop library. Officials warned residents in the area to be wary and to keep their pets indoors. A ranch caretaker Tuesday...

Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's 94th Birthday: • To honor President Ronald Reagan on the anniversary of his birthday, President George W. Bush has designated United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to place a wreath on President Reagan’s gravesite on his behalf. Major General Timothy E. Donovan, Commanding General at Camp Pendleton, will conduct the ceremony, which will commence at 11:00 a.m. and will include a 21-gun salute. Camp Pendleton’s brass quintet will play music beginning at 10:45 a.m. Following the ceremony, birthday cake will be served in the Library’s main lobby all day (while supplies last) and guests may...

New papers redefine Reagan By Eric Leach-- Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2005 - SIMI VALLEY -- Law school student Jason Ebin has already spent hundreds of hours poring over Ronald Reagan's official documents at the late president's hilltop library. But when curators released the largest collection of Reagan's pre-presidential papers earlier this month, Ebin and other researchers felt like a new treasure hunt had started. "You never know from day to day what you're going to find," said Ebin of Pacific Palisades, who is doing research for presidential historian Richard Reeves. "The Reagan Library is an invaluable resource. There...

Nearly 25,000 pages of Ronald Reagan's personal papers, including speeches, radio scripts and articles he wrote in the 1960s and 1970s, are now available to the public at his presidential library. "My husband was eager to get all of his documents open to the public as early as possible," former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement Thursday. Reagan died last June and is buried on the library's grounds. The documents include Reagan's handwritten drafts of the scripts for his national syndicated radio commentary program "Viewpoint," which aired from 1975 until 1979. "President Reagan has long been known for...