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Ronald Reagan: It would be a terrible tragedy for this country and for our children's future if those on Capitol Hill opposed to SDI…

On the recordOctober 14, 1986
It would be a terrible tragedy for this country and for our children's future if those on Capitol Hill opposed to SDI are allowed to hand over to the Soviet Union, free of charge, what we refused to hand over across the negotiating table in Reykjavik.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Senate Campaign Fund-raising Luncheon for Linda Chavez in Baltimore, Maryland

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