William French Smith (of California) - 1981 to 1985
Edwin Meese III - 1985 to 1988
Richard Thornburgh - 1988 - 1991
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George H.W. Bush, who served as president from 1989-1993 and was vice president under Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989.
Ronald Reagan was hit by one bullet. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. in an assassination attempt, missed the president with all six shots. Hinckley did shoot James Brady, Thomas Delahanty and Timothy McCarthy. The sixth and final shot managed to ricochet off the armored side of the limousine hitting the president under the left arm. The bullet ended up lodging in his lung, stopping close to an inch from his heart.
Walter Mondale was the Vice President under President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981, George Bush was Vice President under President Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989, and Dan Quayle was Vice President under President George Bush from 1989-1993.
Reagan poured alot of money into the US military; under Reagan, the standard US Servicemen's paycheck seemed to have tripled; as soon as he took office.President Reagan did not end the Cold War. The Soviet Union collapsed under a myriad of social, political and economic factors.
they were cut back