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Standing in front of a statue of Ronald Reagan on horseback, Rick Santorum campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination Monday in Dixon, Ill. Dixon was the boyhood home of the former president, whom Mr. Santorum cited in his remarks. (Associated Press)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, accompanied by Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole, announces the expansion of a passenger pre-screening initiative on Feb. 8, 2012, at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Associated Press)

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President Reagan blows out the candles on his birthday cake in the Oval Office in 1982, the day he turned 71. Events are planned for Monday across the country marking what would have been his 101st birthday, including a 21-gun salute. (Photo courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library)

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Col. Nicholas F. Marano, the commanding officer at Camp Pendleton in California, will be in Simi Valley, Calif., on Feb. 6 for festivities centered around Ronald Reagan's birthday. (Photo courtesy USMC)

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People endure the heat as they wait in line to see former President Ronald Reagan's casket as it lies in state at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday June 10, 2004. ( Jessica Tefft / The Washington Times )

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Drew Fearson (left) of Chantilly and Christmas Set Manager George Allen (right) try to get Mr. Fearson's 2-year-old son, Tanner (second from right), and 1-year-old Reagan (second from left) to sit still and smile as they visit with Santa, played by Michael Graham, at Tysons Corner Center in Tysons Corner on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Amber (left) and Drew (center) Fearson of Chantilly wait in line with their 2-year-old son, Tanner (second from left), and 1-year-old Reagan (third from left) to get a chance to visit with Santa, played by Michael Graham, at Tysons Corner Center in Tysons Corner on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Amber, left, and Drew, center, Fearson of Chantilly, VA wait in line with their 2 year old son Tanner, second from left, and 1 year old Reagan, third from left, to get a chance to visit with Santa, played by Michael Graham, at Tyson's Corner Center, Tyson's Corner, VA, Wednesday, December 14, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Drew Fearson, left, of Chantilly, VA and Christmas Set Manager George Allen, right, try to get Drew's 2 year old son Tanner, second from right, and 1 year old Reagan, second from left, to sit still and smile as they visit with Santa, played by Michael Graham, at Tyson's Corner Center, Tyson's Corner, VA, Wednesday, December 14, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Ronald Reagan historian Craig Shirley's book "December 1942: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World" has made The New York Times bestseller list. (Image from Thomas Nelson)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks Nov. 14, 2011, during the Scott County Republican Party's Ronald Reagan Dinner in Bettendorf, Iowa. (Associated Press)

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A bronze statue of Ronald Reagan is dedicated Nov. 1, 2011, at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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A bronze statue of Ronald Reagan is dedicated Nov. 1, 2011, at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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A bronze statue of Ronald Reagan is dedicated Nov. 1, 2011, at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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A bronze statue of Ronald Reagan is dedicated Nov. 1, 2011, at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on the centennial of the former president's birth. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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From left: Frederick Ryan Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation; former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole; Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Charles Snelling, chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, unveil the statue of President Reagan, on Nov. 1, 2011, at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Associated Press)

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Elizabeth Dole, who served as the Transportation Secretary under President Ronald Reagan, greets guests Nov. 1, 2011, at the unveiling of a statue of Reagan at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Associated Press

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In this photo taken Sept. 28, 2011, Ronald Reagan Elementary second-grader Calvin Gibbens counts the days of the month with his classmates in the Special Education class for autistic children at the Nampa, Idaho school. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Greg Kreller)

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More than 5,000 high school, college and professional football teams will salute Ronald Reagan's centennial birthday with a special coin toss this weekend. (Courtesy Warner Brothers)