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Ronald Reagan: This Nation then was shaken when the Soviets launched their Sputnik.

On the recordJune 29, 1983
This Nation then was shaken when the Soviets launched their Sputnik.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Regional Forum of the National Commission on Excellence in Education in Whittier, California

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