Ronald Reagan actually said...

It was my—there were people who said that my rhetoric wasn't harsh enough after they shot down a civilian airliner with 269 innocent people aboard.

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Foreign and Domestic Issues

05/13/1984

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I expressed confidence that the United States can be a reliable long-term supplier of energy, particularly coal, to Japan.

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Mr. Russell is currently senior fellow and director, Center for Energy Policy Research, Resources for the Future, in Washington, D.C.