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13 Times The Reagan White House Press Briefing Erupted With Laughter Over AIDS
In Jon Cohen’s 2001 book, Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine, he detailed the Reagan administration’s early indifference to the growing epidemic. White House acting press secretary Larry Speakes, and some of the reporters at press briefings, found the crisis to be quite the joking matter.
more at : http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/times-the-reagan-white-house-press-briefing-erupted-with
In Jon Cohen’s 2001 book, Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine, he detailed the Reagan administration’s early indifference to the growing epidemic. White House acting press secretary Larry Speakes, and some of the reporters at press briefings, found the crisis to be quite the joking matter.
more at : http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/times-the-reagan-white-house-press-briefing-erupted-with
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