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Ronald Reagan: Defense spending accounts for less than 30 percent of our budget today—far less than 20 years ago.

On the recordFebruary 1, 1985
Defense spending accounts for less than 30 percent of our budget today—far less than 20 years ago.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Fiscal Year 1986 Budget

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