02/10/1988
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"No, I don't think it's going to hurt anyone in November, frankly."
"By the authority vested in me as President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States of America by Section 301c of Title 37 of the United States Code."
"We're all Americans."
"I've come out of the meetings as an optimist."