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Ronald Reagan statue unveiled in Washington

The crowd is standing room only during a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Wednesday, June 3,2009, during a ceremony to unveil a bronze statue of President Ronald Reagan
A crowd packed with Reagan-era policy-makers fills the Capitol building Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, second from right, and Frederick J. Ryan Jr., chairman of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, right, put their hands over they hearts as the National Anthem is played in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, during a ceremony to unveil a bronze statue of President Ronald Reagan.
Nancy Reagan and Frederick J Ryan, chairman of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, put their hands over their hearts as the national anthem is played Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) embraces former US First Lady Nancy Reagan before the unveiling a statue of her husband, President Ronald Reagan on June 3, 2009 during ceremonies in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Nancy Pelosi, the US House speaker, embraces Nancy Reagan during the ceremony Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP
Former first lady Nancy Reagan speaks in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, during a ceremony to unveil a statue of President Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan speaks during the unveiling ceremony of Ronald Reagan's statue Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, accompanied by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., pulls the covering off of the Ronald Reagan statue, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington.
Nancy Reagan and Senate majority leader Harry Reid pull a blue cloth to reveal a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
A bronze statue of President Ronald Reagan stands in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, after an unveiling ceremony.
The bronze statue of Ronald Reagan stands in the Capitol building Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Small pieces of the Berlin wall can be seen in the base of the Ronald Reagan statue after an unveiling ceremony, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington.
Pieces of the Berlin wall can be seen in the base of the statue. Ronald Reagan famously challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall' on 12 June 1987 Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Former first lady Nancy Reagan wipes a tear as she stands with House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) in front of the newly-unveiled statue of her late husband, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, during a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington June 3, 2009
Nancy Reagan wipes away a tear as she stands with John Boehner, House minority leader, in front of a statue her late husband Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Reuters
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