Obama Touts Lasting Impact Of Nancy Reagan’s Medical Research Efforts
The president said that his own precision medicine initiative is possible because of the former first lady, who was buried Friday alongside her husband.
The Associated Press:
Obama Credits Nancy Reagan With Spurring Medical Research
President Barack Obama is crediting the late Nancy Reagan with spurring research into Alzheimer’s and other diseases. He says no one understood the importance of pursuing potentially life-saving treatments than the former first lady. She was buried Friday alongside her husband at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. President Ronald Reagan died of Alzheimer’s in 2004. (3/12)