On the recordDecember 19, 1983
I will not okay a mission or ask or order our Armed Forces to go someplace where there is danger and tell them that they have not the right to defend themselves.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRonald Reagan: “I will not okay a mission or ask or order our Armed Forces to go someplace where there is danger and tell them that they…”
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