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Washingtons bureau chief. Up next on the presidency, we will see that interview and hear president reagan talk about his hollywood days as the Screen Actors Guild president. The challenges he faced including the 1983 bombing that killed u. S. Marines in beirut lebanon. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan president ial library. We would be via her i will need that. Ahead of you a was now the Readers Digest yes. And then the head of chief without it would be more effective one on one. So he deferred to me. I remember once have you ever seen them headquarters . Its kind of a beautiful country, how spacious the president absolutely captivated the founder for that four and a half hours, and he finally had to leave to go make a speech that was a memorable lunch. We would like to do here is to ask you some questions ....
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