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TIL that in 1987, James Cannon, an aide to Howard H. Baker Jr., Ronal Reagan’s chief of staff, suggested in a memo that Baker invoke the 25th amendment due to Reagen's age at the time. Baker observed the president afterwards, but did not invoke the 25th as he didn't see anything listed in the memo.

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