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Tear down this speech

June 12, 2007 Posted by John at 8:35 PM

In "Tear down this wall" Peter Robinson tells a shortened version of the story behind President Reagan's historic speech twenty years ago today. Above and below are copies of self-explanatory documents from the Reagan Library that illustrate the internal bureaucratic opposition the speech faced when a draft was circulated for comment. Click to enlarge.