12/11/1985
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"The administration supports the laudable objectives of the bill."
"Our task today is simple and sad: to remember, to pay tribute to those we loved."
"But while our sorrow was great in those days, I cannot help but tell you this morning that in some ways it was easier to bear then, because it was easier to understand why we were there and why we wer..."
"So, it's a simple truth we reaffirm here today: Young Americans of the U.S.S. Stark gave up their lives so that the terrible moments of the past would not be repeated."