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Michael Deaver: Remembering Reagan Michael Deaver spent more than 30 years with Ronald Reagan, starting out in the mid-1960s as a low-level aide to then-Gov. Reagan and winding up as deputy chief of staff for President Reagan. He was one of the president's closest confidantes. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Deaver about the man and the political icon.

Michael Deaver: Remembering Reagan

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Detail: President Ronald Reagan leaves the Oval Office and heads back to the White House residence on inaguration day, January 20, 1989. Peter Souza, The White House hide caption

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Michael Deaver spent more than 30 years with Ronald Reagan, starting out in the mid-1960s as a low-level aide when Reagan became governor of California, and winding up as deputy chief of staff in the Reagan White House.

Along the way, Deaver became one of the president's closest confidantes. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about Reagan the man and Reagan the political icon.