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With Nancy standing alongside, US President Ronald Reagan prepares to read a statement outside the White House following his return from the seven-nation economic summit in Tokyo. From left looking on are: White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan; Clayton Yeutter U.S. Trade Representative; CIA Director William Casey; Budget Director James Miller; Samuel Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Labor Secretary William Brock and Attorney General Edwin Meese. (UPI Photo/Doug Mills/FILES)

President Ronald Reagan and former President Gerald Ford at a gala fundraiser in Houston, Texas. (UPI Photo/Becky Skelton/FILES)

Republican Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan sports a Teamsters jacket while addressing a October 15, 1980 rally at Flint Southwestern High School. Reagan told the crowd he came to Flint "to hold the Carter adminstration flatly responsible for the dismal state of today's economy." Flint, with its autombile-based economy, is experiencing 20 percent unemployment. (UPI Photo/Ron Edmonds/FILES)

Visiting the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Annandale, Virginia, US President Ronald Reagan points to teacher Judith Garcia as she holds the first model of the hypersonic aerospace plane. Garcia was one of the 10 finalists in the teacher-in-space competition. The president plugged the development of the hypersonic craft and promised the keep funding the space program to put another teacher in space. (UPI Photo/Doug Mills/FILES)