Informal Exchange With Reporters
10/20/1987
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To be prepared for war is the most effectual means of preserving the peace.
We simply cannot afford performing this double duty unless we're willing to gamble with our immediate security.
The Commission shall report to the President no later than April 15, 1983.
Executive Order No. 12400, establishing the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, is amended.