Ronald Reagan: “Can the United States or the free world stand by and see the Middle…”

On the recordOctober 7, 1983

Can the United States or the free world stand by and see the Middle East incorporated into the Soviet bloc?

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Situation in Lebanon

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