单项选择题
Political platforms are usually written for election campaign purposes, then quickly scrapped after a presidential election. But the 1980 Republican platform bore a simple five-word title: "Family, Neighborhood, Work, Peace, Freedom," and was planned and written with the (62) of creating an agenda for a Reagan administration on Day One, Jan 20, 1981. My signal (63) of Reagan’s first year in ofrice is that we were actually able to (64) to the plan that he insisted we put in place.
(65) with the basic policy framework, Reagan’s was one of the most carefully planned presidential (66) in modern political history, filled with teams of "Reaganauts" dispatched to each department and agency in the days following the election Staffing lists were (67) , and presidential and sub-cabinet appointments were made swiftly, and necessary Senate hearings were (68)
The plan from the outset was to put in place the Reagan economic program (69) the major priority and foundation for every major (70) , domestic and foreign. Tax cuts were high on the president’s agenda, and work began, on a huge "get well" program for the nation’s defenses.
There were, of course, (71) moments that first year: Alexander Haig’s bizarre behavior as secretary of state; David Stockman’s effort, as budget director, to undercut the president’s budget; and, of course, the assassination (72) outside the Washington Hilton in March. Remarkably, Reagan (73) from all these.
One other thing (74) : Reagan’s ability to get along with Democrats. (75) the House of Representatives was controlled by Democrats, the president managed to pass his tax reduction (76) . He also found a way, through one-onone sessions with senatorial opponents of both parties, to gain Congressional (77) of the sale of Awacs radar planes to Saudi Arabia. By 1991, the deployed aircraft were a decisive (78) asset in the Persian Gulf war.
As Reagan’s debut (初次登场) year came to a close, I remember thinking how remarkable it was that he had managed to stay the (79) Having watched subsequent presidencies’ lurch (踉跄) (80) response to political pressure, I find the president’s first-year (81) even more remarkable today.
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