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Kennedy in having an airport named after him - if Congress has its way.The White House is indicating it will support the move to rename Washington National Airport -...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eFormer U-S President Ronald Reagan is to join John F. Kennedy in having an airport named after him - if Congress has its way.\u003cbr/\u003eThe White House is indicating it will support the move to rename Washington National Airport - despite the political differences between Bill Clinton and the former president.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the decision has upset air traffic controllers at the airport - Reagan fired eleven thousand of them in 1981 when they went on strike while he was president.\u003cbr/\u003ePassengers flying out of Washington's National Airport could soon be taking off from a tribute to one of the country's most controversial Presidents.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is the only one of the three airports near the American capital which actually lies inside the District of Colombia.\u003cbr/\u003eFor that reason Republicans in Congress have voted to name it after Ronald Reagan - just two days before the former president's 87th birthday.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Bill S1575  to rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Colombia and Virginia as the 'Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is passed.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Senator Pat Roberts, Republican, Kansas\u003cbr/\u003eThe Senate approved the measure first, followed by the House of Representatives later in the afternoon.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite objections by some Democrats, the White House is signalling it will sign the measure into law.\u003cbr/\u003eRepublicans think renaming the airport would be a fitting tribute to Reagan, living out his final years in a struggle against Alzheimer's disease.\u003cbr/\u003eWednesday in Washington, Michael Reagan said despite the toll the illness has taken on his father's memory he thinks he's aware of the honor.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"But I think he knows.\u003cbr/\u003eQ. There are tears in your eyes?\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yes. I love him and I am saddened that he can't enjoy it, the way that other people do and it is a great honour.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Michael Reagan, Ronald Reagan's Son\u003cbr/\u003eHowever not everyone favors the name change, especially air traffic controllers.\u003cbr/\u003eThey say nothing related to aviation should bear Reagan's name.\u003cbr/\u003eTheir anger is a result of a 1981 decision by then President Reagan to fire 11-thousand striking air traffic controllers.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"It was in their blood - that was their livelihood, that was their whole life. And it was just taken - knocked right out from underneath them. Their lives were just stolen away from them. And there are still between four and five thousand of them out there - and some of them I have contact with - that are still trying to get their jobs back.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Randy Schwitz, Executive Vice President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association\u003cbr/\u003ePutting Reagan's name on the airport also had opponents in Congress.\u003cbr/\u003eDemocrats had blocked the move because Republicans refused to consider renaming the Justice Department building after Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated while serving as the nation's attorney general.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd the name game didn't stop there.\u003cbr/\u003eOthers wanted to strip J. Edgar Hoover's name from the F-B- I headquarters, saying he ran roughshod over the Constitution when he was the agency's head.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"To rename the National Airport the Ronald Reagan airport is exactly the right effort. It guarantees that every person who flies in from all over the world will be reminded that they are coming to the capital of freedom by landing at the airport named for the man who single-handedly did more than any other person to defeat the Soviet empire and extend freedom across the planet.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House of Representatives\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"They have told me they will not use the name Ronald Reagan in contact with aircraft. And if it is left as Ronald Reagan National Airport - they will still identify themselves as National Airport because it has a meaning to them and they will not use the name.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Randy Schwitz, Executive Vice President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association\u003cbr/\u003eOnce Clinton signs the bill into law, the airport has a new name.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, it may take more than the words \"Ronald Reagan\" added to the signs to get people to call it anything other than National Airport.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC, USA 4 February 1998 and File Footage\u003cbr/\u003eAPTV, Washington, D.C. - 4 February 1998 \u003cbr/\u003e1.  Wide shot plane taking off.\u003cbr/\u003e2.  Wide shot National Airport.\u003cbr/\u003e3.  Close up sign - \"Washington National Airport\".\u003cbr/\u003ePOOL, Washington, D.C. - 4 February 1998 \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE:  (English) Senator Pat Roberts, Republican, Kansas.  \u003cbr/\u003eAPTV, File Footage, Los Angeles, California \u003cbr/\u003e6.  Ronald Reagan rides escalator, walks across room.\u003cbr/\u003eAPTV File Footage, Washington, D.C. \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Reagan, Ronald Reagan's son.\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide shot of air traffic control tower.\u003cbr/\u003e9. Air traffic controllers at work.\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Randy Schwitz, Executive Vice President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association.\u003cbr/\u003ePOOL, Washington, DC\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of House floor. \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide shot of Justice Dept. Building.\u003cbr/\u003eAPTV File Footage\u003cbr/\u003e13. Shots of FBI Building\u003cbr/\u003ePOOL, Washington, DC\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide shot Republicans at airport name change event.\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close-up Reagan painting.\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Representative Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House of Representatives.\u003cbr/\u003eAPTV File Footage\u003cbr/\u003e17. Reagan toasting Gorbachev. \u003cbr/\u003eAPTV, 4 February 1998\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Randy Schwitz, Executive Vice President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association.\u003cbr/\u003e19. 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