FILE - This June 12, 1987 file photo shows President Reagan giving a thumbs up sign after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he had said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! " Applauding Reagan are West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, right, and West German Parliament President Philipp Jenninger, left. As the Feb. 6 centennial of Reagan's birth approaches, and a generation after he exited the White House, the nation's 40th president is enjoying a level of popularity that mostly eluded him while in office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)