Ronald Reagan actually said...

I hereby order, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.

Context

Proclamation 5121—Death of American and French Military Personnel in Beirut, Lebanon

10/22/1983

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