Ronald Reagan Should Be Named Person Of The Decade

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Who I believe should be named “Person of the Decade” is Ronald Reagan. Reagan was elected in 1980 to be the new President of the United States. He wanted to end the Cold War and he took every precaution to do so. He believed that communism was corrupt and oppressive. He created a policy known as the Reagan Doctrine which gave aid to nations fighting the spread of communism. He proposed a research for a defense system called “Star Wars”. This system or Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) as it was also called was opposed and mocked by many, but it actually was very useful. It helped lead to some new antimissile technologies and it pressured the Soviets into more military spending than they could afford. He met with Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss

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