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Ronald Reagan: I declared a national emergency to deal with the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States…

On the recordApril 24, 1988
I declared a national emergency to deal with the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in Nicaragua.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Notice of the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Nicaragua

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