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Ronald Reagan: Each was truly an American, and every one earned the right to be an American.

On the recordOctober 14, 1984
Each was truly an American, and every one earned the right to be an American.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing a Bill Conferring United States Citizenship Posthumously on Wladyslaw Staniszewski

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