Ronald Reagan actually said...

We are honored by the choices of the peoples and leaders of the two new freely associated States to associate with us in close and long-lasting relationships.

Context

Statement on United States Relations With the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands

11/02/1986

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