Politics

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House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (right) leans forward to ask President Reagan a question during the Social Security bill-signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on April 20, 1983, as various political figures look on. (Associated Press)

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Flanked by physicist Edward Teller (left) and Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, director of the Strategic Defense Initiative, President Reagan arrives to address a conference marking the first five years of the SDI program on March 14, 1988, in Washington. (Associated Press)

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President Reagan is flanked by West German Parliament President Philipp Jenninger (left) and Chancellor Helmut Kohl at West Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (Associated Press)

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First lady Nancy Reagan gives a loving look toward President Reagan as they walk outside the White House on July 16, 1986. The Reagans were waiting to greet their state dinner guest, Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo. (Associated Press)

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Among displays at the museum are a 1983 Cadillac presidential parade limousine that joined Reagan's motorcade in 1984, the real Air Force One and a bronze bust featuring his famous smile. (Garrett Cheen/Special to The Washington Times)

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John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Foundation, shows off a new bronze statue of President Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan. (Garrett Cheen/Special to The Washington Times)

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Docents at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., try out a new multimedia exhibit, part of a $15 million renovation and enlargement. (Garrett Cheen/Special to The Washington Times)

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This 1983 Cadillac presidential parade limousine joined Reagan's motorcade in January of 1984. (Garrett Cheen/Special to The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Afghan policemen march during their graduation ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. U.S. and NATO troops are trying to speed up the training of Afghan policemen and soldiers so they can take the lead in providing security. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Egypt's recently appointed Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq speaks to the media at the Ministry of the Interior in Cairo Thursday Feb.3, 2011. Mr. Shafiq apologized for the attack by regime supporters on anti-government protesters in central Cairo, vowing to investigate who was behind it. The protesters accuse the regime of sending a force of paid thugs and policemen in civilian clothes to attack them with rocks, sticks and firebombs to crush their movement to oust President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou)

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Anti-government protesters, right, clash with pro-government supporters near Cairo's main square Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Egyptian anti-government protesters throw stones and firebombs during clashes in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in Cairo Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Another bout of heavy gunfire and clashes erupted Thursday around dusk in the Cairo square at the center of Egypt's anti-government chaos, while new looting and arson spread around the capital. Gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners, and human rights workers and the army rounded up foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)