Ronald Reagan (40th President of the United States)

True or False? "President Ronald Reagan served as a photographer in a US Army unit assigned to film Nazi death camps in WW2."

True

BBC News - Political falsehoods, exaggerations and embellishments

President Ronald Reagan Shamir was said to have been impressed by Reagan's recollection - in fact, false - of seeing a Nazi death camp In 1983, President Ronald Reagan told Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir that he had served as a photographer in a US Army unit assigned to film Nazi death camps at the end of World War II, the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv reported at the time.

Mr Shamir related the tale to his cabinet, and a few months later, Reagan repeated the story to Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal and Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Washington Post reported.

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Mr Shamir related the tale to his cabinet, and a few months later, Reagan repeated the story to Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal and Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Washington Post reported.

BBC News - Political falsehoods, exaggerations and embellishments

Mr Shamir related the tale to his cabinet, and a few months later, Reagan repeated the story to Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal and Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Washington Post reported.

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Who should win the 1976 presidential election: Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter?

Gerald Ford

KC Then and Tampa Now | Bob Sands

Reagan endorsed Ford after his defeat, and gave an eloquent and stirring speech that overshadowed Ford’s own acceptance address.

August | 2012 | Bob Sands

Reagan endorsed Ford after his defeat, and gave an eloquent and stirring speech that overshadowed Ford’s own acceptance address.

A Good Man in Evil Times by Pat Buchanan on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

While he endorsed Ford, he declined to run with him.

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Are Israel's settlements in the West Bank legal or illegal?

Legal

CAMERA: BACKGROUNDER: Jewish Settlements and the Media

The Reagan administration and subsequent administrations reversed Carter’s position, with the opinion that while it disapproved of building new settlements in the disputed territories before negotiations, settlements are not illegal.

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Should the United States have a holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.?

No

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

President Ronald Reagan also opposed the holiday, citing cost concerns.

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What is the Russian language word for "freedom"?

No such word exists in the Russian language.

The stupidity of Ronald Reagan. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

Ronald Reagan claimed that the Russian language had no word for "freedom."

Did Ronald Reagan Really Say There Was No Russian Word for “Freedom”? | Socyberty

One of his most notorious howlers was the assertion that the Russian language has no word for freedom.

In October 1985, during an interview with the BBC, Reagan said, and I quote: ‘I’ve been told that in the Russian language there isn’t even a word for freedom.’

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Should the Department of Education be eliminated?

Yes

United States Department of Education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

President Ronald Reagan promised during the 1980 presidential election to eliminate the Department of Education as a cabinet post, but he was not able to do so with a Democratic House of Representatives.

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Was there a genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915?

Yes, there was an Armenian genocide.

Q&A: Turkey and the Armenian 'genocide' - CNN.com

Ronald Reagan in 1981 is the only U.S. president who asked for the killings to be called a genocide.

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Should the United States have a 15-day waiting period to purchase handguns?

Yes

Why is NRA spurning Obama move? - CNN.com

Ronald Reagan backed the Brady Bill and signed a 15-day waiting period for handgun sales when he was governor of California.

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True or false? "Tax cuts increase government revenue."

True

Celebrating Reaganomics

At the start of his 1980 campaign, after undergoing several cram sessions with enthusiasts of “supply side” economic theory, Reagan told an interviewer: "an across the board reduction in tax rates, every time it has been tried, it has resulted in such an increase in prosperity .

that even government winds up with more revenue."

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Should the United States have at least a 7-day waiting period to purchase handguns?

Yes

GUN CONTROL BILL BACKED BY REAGAN IN APPEAL TO BUSH - New York Times

In a shift meant to break a logjam in the House, former President Ronald Reagan today strongly endorsed legislation requiring a seven-day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun and urged President Bush to drop his opposition to the bill.

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Should the government ban assault rifles?

Yes

PolitiFact Georgia | Did Reagan support an assault-weapons ban?

At the time of that ban’s passage, Reagan -- who took office in 1981-- supported it.

PolitiFact Georgia | Did Reagan support an assault-weapons ban?

At the time of that ban’s passage, Reagan -- who took office in 1981-- supported it.

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Ronald Reagan (40th President of the United States)

Ronald Reagan (40th President of the United States)

True or False? "President Ronald Reagan served as a photographer in a US Army unit assigned to film Nazi death camps in WW2."

True

Who should win the 1976 presidential election: Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter?

Gerald Ford

Are Israel's settlements in the West Bank legal or illegal?

Legal

Should the United States have a holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.?

No

What is the Russian language word for "freedom"?

No such word exists in the Russian language.

Should the Department of Education be eliminated?

Yes

Was there a genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915?

Yes, there was an Armenian genocide.

Should the United States have a 15-day waiting period to purchase handguns?

Yes

True or false? "Tax cuts increase government revenue."

True

Should the United States have at least a 7-day waiting period to purchase handguns?

Yes

Should the government ban assault rifles?

Yes