Gilbert Robinson - Reagan Remembered

BY GILBERT A. ROBINSON

REAGAN REMEMBERED

Copyright 2015 Gilbert A. Robinson

FIRST EDITION

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It is rare in Presidential history to find a single volume that includes personal accounts written by such a varied group of individuals, all of whom have worked, some more closely than others, with a President during his administration. I am indebted to all my former colleagues in the Reagan administration for their generous participation.

I am especially grateful for the advice and counsel of Edwin Meese III, Chief of Staff during Reagans California governorship, later Counselor to the President (cabinet rank) and U. S. Attorney General. Jim Baker, Chief of Staff in the Presidents first administration and then Secretary of the Treasury, also provided support and was most helpful in getting the book off the ground. As you will see, Ed Meese also contributed the Introduction, and Jim Baker supplied the Epilogue.

At the suggestion of Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., I have included many of President Reagans major speeches, especially those mentioned in the text. In addition, a generous donation from the Templeton family will underwrite distribution of copies of Reagan Remembered to selected schools throughout the nation.

Finally, I want to offer thanks to executive editor Brayton Harris, and to Diane Patrick and my assistant Estelle Candia, who helped me in so many ways during the collection and publication of these anecdotes.

GILBERT A. ROBINSON

Positions noted are those held during service with Ronald Reagan

Foreword
EDWIN MEESE III

Counselor to the President 1981-1985

Attorney General 1985-1988

Vice President 1981-1989

Secretary of State 1982-1989

Counsel to the President 1987-1989

National Security Advisor 1986-1987

Secretary of Defense 1987-1989

Director, Office Management and Budget 1985-1988

General, U.S. Army (Retired) National Security Advisor 1987-1989

Senior Associate Counsel to the President 1986-1988

Director FBI 1978-1987

Director CIA 1987-1991

Special Assistant to the President 1981-1983

White House Chief of Staff 1988-1989

White House Director of Communications 1981-1984

Counsel to the President 1981-1986

Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting 1983-1989

Secretary of Transportation 1983-1987

Special Assistant / Speechwriter 1983-1989

Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Director, Presidential Speechwriting, 1981-1983

National Security Advisor 1980-1982

Member, President Reagans Economic Policy Advisory Board 1981-1989

Speech writer 1981-1988

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Policy 1983-1984 / Assistant to the President and Secretary of the Cabinet 1984-1985 / Ambassador to the European Communities 1985-1989

Chief of Staff 1989-1995

White House Counsel to President Reagan, 1986-1987

Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management 1981-1985

Deputy Director, USIA 1981-1983 / Ambassador-Special Advisor to the Secretary of State 1983-1985

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks 1981-1985

General, USMC (Retired) 28th Commandant, United States Marine Corps 1983-1987 / Assistant Commandant 1981-1983

Ambassador to Denmark 1981-1983

Administrator, USAID 1981-1987

Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and State Separtment Spokesman 1982-1985

Secretary of Energy 1982-1985

Secretary of the Interior 1986-1989

Counselor, Department of State 1981-1982 / Deputy National Security Advisor 1982-1983 / National Security Advisor 1983-1985

Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs 1983-1989

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs 1981-1987

Press Secretary to Nancy Reagan 1981-1985

Ambassador to the United Nations / Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N. 1981-1983 / Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 1983-1987

Senior Director of International Economic Affairs, National Security Council 1982-1985

Secretary of Education 1985-1988

Secretary to President Reagan 1981-1982 / Director of Personnel 1981-1982 / Ambassador to Austria 1984-1989

Special Assistant for Federal Activities, Office of the EPA Administrator 1981-1983

Secretary of Agriculture 1981-1986

Ambassador to Switzerland 1981-1983, 1985-88; Assistant for Public Liaison 1983-1985

Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission 1988-1989

Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs 1981-1982, 1984-1986

Director, Presidential Personnel 1981-1982

Chairman, President Reagans Council of Economic Advisors 1981-1982

Deputy Director, Office of Management and the Budget (OMB) 1982-1989

Chairman, Republican National Committee 1983-1989

Ambassador to Ireland 1982-1984

Lt. General, U.S. Army (Retired) Ambassador / Chief Negotiator, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) 1981-1985

Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Arms Control Matters 1985-1989

NSC Director of Arms Control 1981-1987

Director-Advertising, Reagan/Bush-84

Deputy Secretary of Transportation 1983-1987; Secretary of Transportation 1987-1989

Special Assistant to the President for Political Affairs / Deputy Assistant to the President and Director, White House Office of Political Affairs 1985-1986

Deputy Assistant for Presidential Personnel 1981-1985

Ambassador to the OAS 1981-1985

Ambassador to the European Community 1985-1987

National Chairman, Reagans Presidential Campaigns 1980 and 1984 / General Chairman of the Republican Party 1983-1987

Personal Secretary to the Vice President

Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget 1981-1982 / Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Development 1982-1983

Assistant to Deputy Secretary of Agriculture 1984-1985 / Associate Solicitor of Interior 1985-1987