Ronald Reagan actually said...

The Strategic Defense Initiative is a research program to pursue vigorously important new technologies that may be used to create a defense against ballistic missiles.

Context

Remarks in an Interview With Representatives of Le Figaro of France, Together With Written Responses to Questions

09/25/1985

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