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Ronald Reagan: “Such assistance is essential to enhance the national security of the United States by advancing the prospects for…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1988
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.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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

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