Ronald Reagan said "I appreciate the spirit in which you have reached this agreement, and firmly believe that we have struck the balance necessary to assure both an increasingly strong defense and the economic health on which defense and well-being depend." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 11, 1981

I appreciate the spirit in which you have reached this agreement, and firmly believe that we have struck the balance necessary to assure both an increasingly strong defense and the economic health on which defense and well-being depend.

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Ronald Reagan

Republican · California

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Memorandum on Defense Spending

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