This 08 December,1987 photo shows US President Ronald Reagan (L) with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during welcoming ceremonies at the White House on the first day of their disarmament summit. After a three-day summit in Washington, both superpowers leaders put their names to the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in a first attempt to reverse the nuclear arms race.
Ronald Reagan, an icon to Republicans and a hero to those Americans who remember him as the man who brought down the "Evil Empire," died 05 June 2004 at the age of 93 at his home in Bel Air in southern California, US media reported. / AFP PHOTO / JEROME DELAY (Photo credit should read JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images)
