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Reagan's Cowboy Image Hits Magazines

NPR | By Robert Siegel

Published June 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

The same photo of Ronald Reagan appeared on the covers of <i>Time</i> and <i>Newsweek</i>. — The same photo of Ronald Reagan appeared on the covers of Time and Newsweek.

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Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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