had risen to the challenge of the search-and-recovery operation and of meeting Oklahomans’ need for grieving. Just as Lloyd Bentsen had predicted, the wealthiest Americans would get their tax money back, and more, in investment income. He repeated what, in retrospect, was one of my worst public statements. over to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, then back to the McDonald’s near the hotel.
I ended the month with a major speech at the National Academy of Sciences, outlining my proposals to protect America from te The Sudanese chemical plant was destroyed. The deal was much easier to make this time because economic growth had brought unemployment below 5 percent for the first time since 1973, boosting payrolls, profits, and tax revenues. Everett Koop, who had served as President Reagan’s surgeon general, a position he used to educate the nation about AIDS and the importance of preventing its spread.
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