Another senior defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said last week that any change in the complex series of agreements could unravel the entire plan, which was 15 years in the making.

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Reagan hopes that someday it will be possible to change the status of Alzheimer's from the lethal condition that destroyed his father's mind, to a chronic disease that victims and their families can manage with dignity and even hope.

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