Tag: Reagan
The Missteps That Led to a Fatal Plane Crash at Reagan National Airport
New details revealed by The Times show that the failures on Jan. 29 before an Army helicopter crashed into a jet near Reagan National Airport were far [...]
Air Traffic Controller Arrested in Incident at Reagan National Tower
The arrest of an F.A.A. employee on assault and battery charges comes as flight operations at the airport have been under scrutiny since a passenger j [...]
After Crash, F.A.A. Change Requires All Aircraft at Reagan to Broadcast Positions
The agency’s acting director told senators of the new policy after it was revealed that tracking technology had been disabled before a deadly midair c [...]
Anthony Dolan, Speechwriter Who Gave Reagan ‘Evil Empire,’ Dies at 76
As a conservative presidential speechwriter, he also relegated communism to “the ash heap of history.” Earlier, he won a Pulitzer Prize as a young rep [...]
Investigators Recommend Permanent Restrictions for Helicopters Flying Near Reagan Airport
Citing “intolerable risk for aviation safety,” the National Transportation Safety Board says helicopters should be banned from flying a certain route [...]
Photographing Every President Since Reagan
Doug Mills reflects on nearly 40 years of taking photos of presidents.
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Ron Edmonds, 77, Whose Camera Captured the Shooting of Reagan, Dies
Working for The Associated Press, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his sequence of photos showing the president being struck by a bullet while three others [...]
Lawmakers Seek More Long-Distance Flights From Reagan National Airport
Representative Blake D. Moore, Republican of Utah, is pushing for changes to federal law that would allow more nonstop flights between Ronald Reagan W [...]
James G. Watt, Interior Secretary Under Reagan, Dies at 85
In Washington, he was a legislative assistant to Wyoming’s Republican senator, Milward L. Simpson. After attending a gospel meeting, he became a born- [...]
Biden Holds Fewest News Conferences Since Reagan
WASHINGTON — In the 100 years since Calvin Coolidge was first elected, only Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan held as few news conferences each year as [...]
How Reagan and Bush Overcame Their Skepticism of Gorbachev
Mr. Gorbachev was charming and presented himself as a modernizer, but neither Ronald Reagan nor George Bush was convinced he was for real. They would [...]
Kenneth Dam, Deputy in Reagan and George W. Bush Cabinets, Dies at 89
Kenneth W. Dam, who was deputy secretary of state when the Soviet Union began to implode during the Reagan administration, and who choreographed a glo [...]
John Hinckley, Who Tried to Assassinate Reagan, Will Get Unconditional Release
WASHINGTON — A federal judge said on Wednesday that John W. Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, would be unconditi [...]
Ken Duberstein, a Former Reagan Chief of Staff, Dies at 77
He endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008 after Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee, picked Sarah Palin, then the governor of Alaska, as [...]
What President Biden Could Learn from Ronald Reagan
‘Give the guy a chance’ In 1982, concerns about midterm losses and disagreements over economic policy led to divisions and finger-pointing within the [...]