Ronald Reagan actually said...

I said that, even with my intent to try and eliminate the deficit, if it was a choice between eliminating the deficit or rebuilding and refurbishing our national security I would have to choose the national security.

Context

Interview With Dieter Kronzucker of ZDF Television of the Federal Republic of Germany

03/09/1988

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