09/15/1986
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"The administration supports enactment of H.R. 401."
"Let no one doubt our resolve to protect our vital interests in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else."
"We pray and we resolve to keep holy the memory of those who have died for our country and to make their cause inseparably our own."
"I hereby designate Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 1987, as a day of prayer for permanent peace."