Ronald Reagan actually said...

Come deployment time if the research yields such a weapon, come deployment, then you sit down.

Interview With Morton Kondracke and Richard H. Smith of Newsweek Magazine

03/03/1985

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The painful consequences of those policies haven't been forgotten.

All in all, this is a grim picture.

We are really the oldest allies.

America can be proud of its record in international trade.