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In this week\u2019s podcast, we present President Reagan\u2019s remarks and question-and-answer session with reporters on the Air Traffic Controllers Strike on August 3, 1981, which happened 40 years ago today.\xa0Writing about that speech in his book \u201cSpeaking My Mind,\u201d Ronald Reagan said, \u201cI'm not very good at firing people; maybe it goes back to the fact that as a child I can remember my father being out of work.\xa0 I know the hardship and dislocation it can cause a family.\xa0 But I also believe that people should keep their word when they make a promise.\xa0 This is why I fired the air controllers.\u201d