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Web Code: nea-1908
Supported tax cuts and deregulation to stimulate demand under the theory of supply-side economics |
Took a strong stance on air-traffic controllers’ strike |
Appointed conservative Justices to the Supreme Court |
Reformed Social Security |
Increased defense spending |
Pressured the Soviet Union by building up the American military, including the Strategic Defense Initiative program |
Aided anticommunist forces in several countries, including Afghanistan and Grenada |
Signed arms control agreements with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev |
Sent peacekeeping force to Lebanon |
Ordered an air raid on Libya because of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi’s involvement in terrorist attacks |
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Web Code: nep-1909