Executive Order 12291

Executive order

By: Ronald Reagan

Date: February 17, 1981

Source: Reagan, Ronald. "Proclamation and Executive Orders dated February 17, 1981." Available online at http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/resource/speeches/1981/21781c.... ; website home page: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu (accessed June 9, 2003). Contains full text of Executive Order 12291.

About the Author: Ronald Reagan (1911–) was born in Tampico, Illinois. After graduating from Eureka College, Reagan worked as a sports broadcaster for a Davenport, Iowa radio station. In 1937, while covering spring training in California, Reagan signed a contract with Warner Brothers, a movie studio. Reagan eventually starred in over fifty films. In 1964, he retired from acting and was elected governor of...

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