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I do not think he [Reagan] put names and faces together but for a small group of people. There were a few, perhaps half a dozen reporters, that Reagan recognized, including my colleague Lou Cannon, and some from television and the wire services. The rest of us were faces.

David E. Hoffman

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David E. Hoffman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 1
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