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Robert Dornan: I just wanted to see if we could get on the historical record something very important from the book of the former…

On the recordFebruary 15, 1995
I just wanted to see if we could get on the historical record something very important from the book of the former minister from the old Soviet Union in its dying days, from Shevardnadze, Edward, nice man. He says in his book that Ronald Reagan pushing SDI broke the will, along with Afghanistan, of the Evil Empire, and when they realized that they could not combat, this is Shevardnadze again, the unraveling of the Soviet Union, whatever the technological merits are about star wars, moonbeam, Darth Vader, it did accomplish a 30 million dollars' worth of the freedom for all of the so-called 15 Soviet Republics.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative on the Soviet Union.

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