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Ronald Reagan: “As a matter of both principle and precedent, I cannot accept this provision.”

On the recordOctober 18, 1984
As a matter of both principle and precedent, I cannot accept this provision.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Memorandum Returning Without Approval the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984

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