The Presidency: Ronald Reagan First Press Conference

Sunday, June 7 at 8pm ET & midnight on C-SPAN 3
Ronald Reagan gives his first press conference, nine days after taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981. Questions about the recently-resolved Iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath dominated a discussion that ranged from domestic affairs to the new administration's foreign policy priorities. President Reagan met with the press in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House.