Ronald Reagan: “Let me ask you: What could be more deplorable than to use the defense…”

On the recordAugust 5, 1988

Let me ask you: What could be more deplorable than to use the defense of this nation as a political pawn?

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989

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