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Ronald Reagan 1911-2004: Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, Robert
Parry on Iran-Contra, the Nuclear Race and Covert Wars from
Central America to Africa
8:01-8:06 Headlines
8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break
8:07-8:58 Ronald Reagan 1911-2004: Noam Chomsky,
Helen Caldicott, Robert Parry on Iran-Contra, the Nuclear
Race and Covert Wars from Central America to Africa
On Saturday, former President Ronald Reagan died after suffering
for more than a decade from the mind-destroying illness of
Alzheimer's disease. He was 93 years old.
Ronald Reagan served as president through much of the nuclear
race between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well
as the Cold War. He defeated President Jimmy Carter in a 1980
election that was marked by the secret arms-for-hostages deal.
Reagan left office on a high note on Jan. 20, 1989. The last
Gallup Poll of his presidency gave him a 63 percent approval
rating, the highest for any departing president since FDR.
Among Republicans and other conservatives, Reagan's presidency
is remembered as a revolution. Current president George Bush
has evoked his name consistently throughout his time in power.
The network and newspaper coverage of his death has brought
forth a chorus of praise from Democrats and Republicans.
Much of the reporting and commentary has represented a dramatic
revision of the history of the Reagan years in office. We
spend the hour focusing on the policies of Reagan's administration
and the history of his 8 years in power with MIT professor
and author Noam Chomsky, veteran investigative journalist
Robert Parry whose reporting led to the exposure of what is
now known as the "Iran-Contra" scandal and Dr. Helen
Caldicott, one of the world's most respected anti-nuclear
activists.
This week is expected to be dominated by services honoring
and remembering Reagan. Services honoring the former president
will take place in Washington, D.C. and California, and span
five days. Today his family is gathering for private services
at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley,
California. Afterward, the body will lie in repose at the
library through Tuesday for public visitation. The body will
be flown to Washington on Wednesday, where it will lie in
state in the Rotunda of the Capitol for public viewing through
the night and all day Thursday.
On Friday morning, Reagan's body will be taken by motorcade
through Washington to the National Cathedral for funeral services
expected to be attended by numerous heads of state, some of
whom will be in the country for the G-8 economic summit earlier
in the week on Sea Island, Georgia. President Bush will deliver
the principal eulogy, but it is unclear who else will speak.
That afternoon the body will be returned to California for
a private funeral and burial at the library planned for sunset.
Throughout his career, Reagan was known as a vehement anti-communist,
labeling popular movements against military regimes throughout
Central America and Africa as part of the communist menace.
He even labeled Nelson Mandela's African National Congress
a notorious terrorist organization.
Perhaps his most famous quote came on June 12, 1987, in front
of the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall where he said,
"Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
- Dr. Helen Caldicott, one of the world's most respected
anti-nuclear activists. She is the president of the Nuclear
Policy Research Institute. She founder and headed both
Physicians For Social Responsibility
and Women's Action For Nuclear Disarmament. She has written
a number of books, including Nuclear Madness-What You Can
Do, Missile Envy and The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's
Military-Industrial Complex
- Noam Chomsky,
one of America's best known dissidents. He is the author
of dozens of books, including his recent books Hegemony
or Survival and 9/11. Chomsky was one of the most prolific
analysts and critics of Reagan's policies.
- Robert Parry veteran investigative journalist. For years
he worked as an investigative reporter for both the Associated
Press and Newsweek magazine. His reporting led to the exposure
of what is now known as the "Iran-Contra" scandal.
His website is consortiumnews.com.
His latest piece is called "Rating
Reagan: A Bogus Legacy."
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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