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Ronald Reagan: “I said that, even with my intent to try and eliminate the deficit, if it was a choice between eliminating the deficit or…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1988
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.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California
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presidency.ucsb.edu

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

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