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Ronald Reagan: “The American people do not want to see the suffering and deprivation of the Afghan people continue.”

On the recordDecember 25, 1982
The American people do not want to see the suffering and deprivation of the Afghan people continue.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on the Third Anniversary of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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