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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 13, 1988

We will succeed as long as we continue to understand the great importance of our forests and the need to nurture them.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 12, 1988

I am pleased to nominate William P. Albrecht to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 12, 1988

I am proud to announce my intention to nominate Jill Houghton Emery to be Director of the Women's Bureau.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 12, 1988

I hereby determine that it is important to the national interest that $17 million be made available from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for assistance to persons in Africa and the Middle East.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 12, 1988

This measure — which the President called a 'good bill' on October 4th — contains a number of essential provisions.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 12, 1988

The continued health and personal safety of all Americans depends upon the prompt and favorable consideration by Congress of comprehensive anti-drug legislation.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 11, 1988

I urge all Americans to show respect for those who carry the white cane and to honor their many achievements.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 11, 1988

Innumerable Americans have preserved the peace by manning our defenses through the years.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 11, 1988

America calls to mind the ideals and achievements of U.S. forces in that conflict and throughout our history.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 11, 1988

No, the truth is that on issue after issue the liberals have, in the words of G.K. Chesterton, submitted to 'the modern and morbid weakness of always sacrificing the normal to the abnormal.'

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 11, 1988

All Americans should proudly pause on Veterans Day to express heartfelt thanks and esteem to the veterans of our land.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 11, 1988

When Columbus discovered America, I can't believe that he got as warm a reception as you've given me.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 10, 1988

Let me just point one thing other out, some figures that most people tend to overlook.

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