SIMI VALLEY, Calif.—Asa Hutchinson was a young lawyer when President Ronald Reagan first nominated him to serve as a U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas in 1996.
As he wraps up his second term as Arkansas’ governor, the self-described common-sense conservative shared memories of the former president and called for the return of traditional Republican values during a half-hour lecture at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Nov. 30.
“I was honored to work with President Reagan as a young United States Attorney fighting domestic terrorism and violent crime,” Hutchinson said. “I learned a lot from President Reagan. And there are many lessons that apply to today’s world.”…