12/09/1986
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"And I know your colleagues and your families are proud."
"Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 17, 1986, as Wright Brothers Day."
"It was not my intent to do business with Khomeini, to trade weapons for hostages, nor to undercut our policy of antiterrorism."
"I believe then and believe now there was a greater risk in doing nothing, of not trying."