Ronald Reagan actually said...

Such assistance is essential to enhance the national security of the United States by advancing the prospects for democracy in Nicaragua and security for all of Central America.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting a Request for Aid for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance

01/26/1988

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