02/23/1983
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"It creates jobs and helps out on our balance of payments."
"Indeed, international tourism now ranks as this Nation's largest business 'export' in the service industries."
"I cannot permit the Congress to dismantle this long-standing policy, damage our vital strategic, political and economic interests in the Middle East and undermine our balanced policy in that region."
"We cannot afford to take stability for granted."