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25th Anniversary of President Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech

President Reagan at the Berlin Wall

President Reagan at the Berlin Wall

Washington, DC
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Former Reagan administration Chief of Staff Kenneth Duberstein reflects on President Reagan's speech at the Berlin Wall twenty five years ago when the president called on Soviet leader Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."  Mr. Duberstein, who was in Berlin with President Reagan, recalls the events leading up to the speech and its impact on the end of the cold war.  This event took place at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 12:13pm (ET)

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