Italy had come within a hairs breadth of voting in a communist government. Troops were in angola. The soviets in every measurable way are winning. Nine years later, gorbachev is suing for peace. They have not taken one inch of territory, which from 1970 through 1980, the soviets took eric tori under every president. They stopped dead in their tracks. It was not just military. It was using the bully pulpit to call them the evil empire. It was using Radio Free Europe to boost the signal into the warsaw pact countries and the baltic countries. Stopping the subsidy of their economy he used every available method, quite frankly. The soviets never knew what hit them. He hit them at many different levels. He basically brought them to their needs. You could sum all of that up in a simple phrase, which he used. That is peace through strength. He was willing to negotiate with the soviets once we had achieved military superiority, which we did not have when he came into office in 1980. A great wa
Congress. It was easier to push through his proposals at favored measures. There has been this notion that when a new president takes office they get a honeymoon. The journalist on the world terminology on cspans q a. Next, the discussion of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. The Young Americas Foundation hosted a Conference Marking the 50th anniversary of Ronald Reagans time for choosing speech, which he delivered during 1964 on behalf of Barry Goldwater. The event was held at the Reagan Ranch Center in santa barbara, california. It is a little over an hour. [applause] much. Nk you very and welcome to all of you, students and supporters of Young Americas Foundation. As ron mentioned, today we are really here to celebrate Young Americas Foundation commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Ronald Reagans seminole time for choosing speech. In that speech, the 53yearold Ronald Reagan outlined his case for leaner government and greater freedom. In so doing, he did launches career in public