11/08/1987
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"Nothing could be more important than our Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI—a strategic defense that threatens no one."
"I hereby determine that it is in the vital national interests of the United States to certify the following countries: Laos, Lebanon, and Paraguay."
"There is no alternative: United States security demands a free and democratic Nicaragua."
"We cannot leave those fighting for freedom in Nicaragua at the mercy of the Communist regime."