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Ronald Reagan: “I have determined that action is feasible and appropriate to enforce rights of the United States of America.”

On the recordDecember 29, 1986
I have determined that action is feasible and appropriate to enforce rights of the United States of America.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Memorandum on the Export of Softwood Lumber Products From Canada

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