FILE - U.S. President Ronald Reagan acknowledges the crowd after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" June 12, 1987. U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1983 famously branded Russia an "evil empire." Five years later, he recanted the description at a summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. (AP Photo/Ira Schwartz, File)