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Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
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Cold War
1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
US-Soviet/Russian treaty (1987–2019)
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Ronald Reagan
President of the United States from 1981 to 1989
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
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White House
Official residence and workplace of the US president
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