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    "title": "White House Press Briefing Following Assassination Attempt on Ronald Reagan",
    "description": "Press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes, given in the aftermath of the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan. Topics include: the health of President Reagan and Press Secretary James Brady; Reagan's activities and actions immediately following his hospitalization; foreign reaction; and continuity of government.",
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        "Three people besides President Reagan were wounded in the assassination attempt: White House Press Secretary James Brady; Secret Service Agent Timothy McCarthy; and Washington, DC police officer Tom Delehanty."
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    "ocrText": "-21-\nMR. SPEAKES: You never know until you get ready to\nleave the hospital.\nQ\nWell, you've got a story, Leo. (Laughter.\nQ No, but it's a very good question. Why would he still\nhave a state of California insurance policy? He's not been Governor of\nCalifornia for a number of years.\nQ Would they have let him in the hospital if he didn't\nhave an insurance card? (Laughter.)\nMR. SPEAKES: Maybe it continues.\nQ\nDoes it?\nMR. SPEAKES: I don't know.\nQ\nWho's the insurance company?\nQ\nWell, are you going to provide additional information\non this?\nMR. SPEAKES: I will try to.\nQ\nWould this be a retirement benefit from his service as\nGovernor?\nMR. SPEAKES: Yes, I don't know. It could be.\nQ\nOr is he paying privately into the company?\nMR. SPEAKES: I don't know.\nQ Your statement on Jim Brady today says that he can move\nhis left arm and leg. If I'm not mistaken, yesterday you said he could\nmove his right arm and leg. Is he fully ambulant?\nMR. SPEAKES: We checked back --\nQ\nIs he fully ambulatory?\nMORE\n#50-4/1"
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