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ted nations did not like reagan s decision to bomb libya 159 the united nations said that reagan broke the charter of the united nations and of international law 159 in the 1980s apartheid in south africa was becoming more violent and a global issue 160 the democrats in the senate tried to pass the anti apartheid act in september 1985 but could not pass because of a republican filibuster 161 reagan created his own sanctions for south africa but democrats thought they were weak 162 reagan s response on the first version of the anti apartheid act october 1985 the bill was re introduced in 1986 and brought up for a vote even though republican wanted to block it to give reagan s sanctions time to work 163 it passed the house with reagan publicly against it 164 later the senate approved the bill with a 84 14 vote 165 on september 26 1986 reagan vetoed the bill saying that it would cause an economic war 166 republican senator richard lugar led the senate to override reagan s veto 167 the veto was reversed by congress by the senate 78 to 21 the house by 313 to 83 on october 2 168 the veto override was the first one on a presidential foreign policy veto in the 20th century 166 in response to the veto override reagan said i believe are not the best course of action they hurt the very people they are intended to help my hope is that these punitive sanctions do not lead to more violence and more repression our administration will nevertheless implement the law 169 reagan also criticized those who were against apartheid such as the african national congress anc 160 he thought the anc was dangerous and supported communism 160 on a trip to the united states after winning the nobel peace prize in 1984 bishop desmond tutu said that reagan s policy was immoral evil and totally un christian 160 tutu also called reagan a racist pure and simple 170 reagan addressed the nation in regards to the affair and took full responsibility march 1987 reagan s popularity was badly hurt by the political scandal iran contra affair 8 171 the government illegally sold weapons to iran 171 it later used the profits to support a nicaraguan terrorist group called the contras 171 reagan told the american people he did not know anything about the scandal 171 reagan gave money to the contras to fight off the communist rule of daniel ortega in nicaragua but when it became too expensive congress made it illegal to pay the contras 171 as a result members of reagan s administration began to send money illegally to the contras 171 the new york times said that reagan s 1980 campaign made a deal with iran in which they would release american hostages after jimmy carter left office 172 his united states national security advisor john poindexter was charged with multiple felonies and later resigned 173 reagan later nominated former ambassador frank carlucci to replace poindexter 174 his secretary of defense caspar weinberger was thought to be guilty but resigned before a trial could begin 175 reagan later nominated carlucci to be his defense secretary 174 oliver north a member of the united states national security council resigned and was questioned for his role in the affair 176 in february 1987 white house chief of staff donald regan also resigned because of personal problems he had with reagan and first lady reagan about his handling of the affair 177 soon he told the american people that it was his fault in his apology reagan said let s start with the part that is the most controversial a few months ago i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages my heart and my best intentions still tell me that s true but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not 178 in the end fourteen administration officials were indicted and eleven convictions resulted 178 the rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned by president george h w bush who had been vice president at the time of the affair 179 in 1987 reagan traveled to berlin to give a speech at the berlin wall 180 that is where he gave one of his well known speeches of his presidency 180 former west german chancellor helmut kohl said he would never forget standing near reagan when he told gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall he was a stroke of luck for the world especially for europe 181 talking about the brandenburg gate and the berlin wall he said that gorbachev should support liberalization and that by tearing down the berlin wall it would bring freedom and peace to germany 182 ronald and nancy reagan near the berlin wall june 1987 during his term as president reagan saw the change in the mood of the soviet leadership with mikhail gorbachev 183 months after his berlin wall speech gorbachev said his plans to work with reagan for a big arms agreement 184 reagan and gorbachev signed the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which banned nuclear weapons being launched between the united states and the soviet union 185 when reagan visited moscow for the fourth summit in 1988 he was seen as a celebrity by the soviets 186 a journalist asked the president if he still thought the soviet union the evil empire no he replied i was talking about another time another era 186 in november 1989 ten months after reagan left office the berlin wall was torn down the cold war was officially declared over at the malta summit on december 3 1989 and two years later the soviet union collapsed 187 domestic policies change change source reagan announced a war on drugs in 1982 because he was worried about the growing number of people using crack 188 even though richard nixon declared a war on drugs during the 1970s reagan used more militant policies 189 first lady nancy reagan created her just say no campaign against drug use to children 190 reagan s war on drugs was criticized for making racial inequality even worse as more people of color were arrested for drug use 191 the war on drugs was also said to have made police arrests more aggressive towards black americans 191 in late 1984 reagan visited temple hillel and became the first sitting president since ulysses s grant to visit a synagogue 192 193 in 1986 reagan signed a drug enforcement bill that made sure there would be 1 7 billion to fund the war on drugs it created a mandatory minimum penalty for drug offenses 194 the bill was criticized for creating racial inequalities and mass imprisonment of african americans 194 as a result of reagan s war on drugs drug abuse became a growing problem among americans at the time 195 the reagans at a memorial service for the challenger crew 1986 in 1986 the space shuttle challenger exploded killing everyone on board the entire country was shocked reagan moved that date to his 1986 state of the union address because the tragedy 196 it was the first time that a president of the united states postponed a state of the union address 196 afterwards reagan addressed the nation 197 where he said we will never forget them nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of god 198 reagan ordered for a commission to be created to investigate the explosion 199 when the commission created a list of recommendations to avoid another explosion reagan ordered nasa to start using the new safety measures within thirty days 200 201 in november 1986 reagan signed the immigration reform and control act 202 it helped some immigrants to get jobs and become legal citizens 202 in that same year the statue of liberty was just re opened after being renovated reagan was at the opening ceremony when he said the legalization provisions in this act will go far to improve the lives of a class of individuals who now must hide in the shadows without access to many of the benefits of a free and open society very soon many of these men and women will be able to step into the sunlight and ultimately if they choose they may become americans 203 in january 1987 u s representative tom foley introduced the civil liberties act of 1988 to congress as a way to give reparation to japanese americans who were interned by the united states during world war ii 204 it passed the house in september 1987 and was sent to the senate where it was passed in april 1988 205 reagan signed the civil liberties act into law on august 10 1988 granting usd 20 000 in payments beginning in 1990 204 205 a total of 82 219 japanese americans received checks 206 supreme court nominations change change source president reagan addressing the nation of his nomination of robert bork to the supreme court october 1987 during his 1980 campaign reagan promised that if elected he would nominate the first female supreme court associate justice 207 on july 7 1981 he nominated sandra day o connor to replace the retiring justice potter stewart 208 reagan said that o connor was truly a person for all qualities 209 o connor was confirmed by the united states senate with a vote of 99 0 208 in his second term in 1986 reagan nominated william rehnquist to replace warren e burger as chief justice 210 he named antonin scalia to fill the empty seat left by rehnquist 210 after associate justice lewis f powell jr announced his retirement in june 1987 reagan picked conservative jurist robert bork to replace him in 1987 211 senator ted kennedy was strongly against bork 211 kennedy said bork was not strong on states civil or women s rights 211 kennedy said that robert bork s america is a land where women would be forced into back alley abortions blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters police could break down citizens doors in midnight raids schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the government and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens for whom the judiciary is and is often the only protector of the individual rights that are the heart of our democracy 212 reagan leaving washington d c after leaving office january 1989 bork s nomination was not approved by the united states senate with a vote of 58 42 213 reagan then nominated douglas h ginsburg but ginsburg ended up not wanting the role as it was revealed he used cannabis 214 reagan later nominated anthony kennedy to replace powell jr and he was approved with a vote of 97 0 215 end of the reagan presidency change change source reagan left office with high rankings on january 20 1989 when his vice president george h w bush became president 8 reagan was the oldest president at that time until former president donald trump was elected in 2024 at the age of 78 216 reagan and his wife nancy soon returned home in bel air los angeles california 217 6 they also visited their ranch rancho del cielo reagan gave a speech at the 1992 republican national convention giving his support for bush s re election campaign in the 1992 presidential election 218 even after when he left office reagan had a close friendship with both thatcher and gorbachev 141 after the presidency change change source ronald and nancy reagan in 1992 in los angeles after leaving the presidency former president ronald reagan returns to the white house to receive the presidential medal of freedom from president george h w bush in 1993 in november 1991 the ronald reagan presidential library was dedicated and opened to the public in simi valley california 219 in june 1989 reagan was honored with honorary knighthood and received the order of the bath presented by queen elizabeth ii 220 he received the presidential medal of freedom in 1993 by president george h w bush 221 he was the first former living president to receive the honor 222 soon afterwards the ronald reagan presidential foundation created the ronald reagan freedom award for people who made a big change for freedom 223 in 1990 reagan wrote an autobiography titled an american life 141 in may 1994 reagan along with former presidents gerald ford and jimmy carter wrote to the u s house of representatives in support of banning semi automatic assault guns 224 assault change change source on april 13 1992 reagan was assaulted by an anti nuclear protester during a speech while accepting an award from the national association of broadcasters in las vegas 225 the protester was richard paul springer he smashed a 2 foot high 60 cm 30 pound 13 5 kg crystal statue of an eagle that the broadcasters had given to reagan pieces of glass hit reagan but he was not injured 226 springer was the founder of an anti nuclear group called the 100th monkey following his arrest on assault charges a secret service spokesman did not say how springer got past the agents 227 later springer pled guilty to the federal charge of interfering with the secret service but other felony charges of assault and fighting against officers were dropped 228 health issues change change source early in his presidency reagan started wearing a hearing aid first in his right ear 229 and later in his left as well 230 231 in 1985 he had colon cancer and skin cancer removed at the walter reed national military medical center in bethesda maryland 232 in 1987 reagan had surgery to remove a polyp of the nose 232 also in that year reagan went into surgery for an enlarged prostate 233 reagan with gorbachev at reagan s ranch rancho del cielo 1992 in her memoirs former cbs white house correspondent lesley stahl remembers her final meeting with the president in 1986 234 she said that reagan didn t seem to know who i was i have to go out on the lawn tonight and tell my countrymen that the president of the united states is a doddering space cadet 234 at the end of the meeting stahl saw that reagan became focused again she later said that i had come that close to reporting that reagan was senile 234 on january 7 1989 reagan had surgery at the reed army medical center to fix a dupuytren s contracture of the ring finger of his left hand 235 the surgery lasted for more than three hours 235 eight months later in september reagan had surgery at the mayo clinic in rochester minnesota to remove fluid from his brain because of an injury from falling off a horse 236 the surgery lasted just over an hour 236 in 1994 reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer s disease 237 238 reagan wrote a public letter about having alzheimer s disease 237 in the letter reagan said that he was one of the millions of americans who will be affected with alzheimer s disease and that he will begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life 239 after announcing his disease many people sent supporting letters to his california home 240 the reagans center in richard nixon s state funeral 1994 in 1995 the ronald and nancy reagan research institute was dedicated in chicago illinois 241 it is an institution that can help people with alzheimer s and parkinson s disease 241 reagan fell at his bel air home on january 13 2001 he broke his hip 242 the fracture was repaired the next day reagan 89 years 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