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Ronald Reagan: “If we fail to do so simply because these ships previously flew the flag of another country, we would abdicate our role…”

On the recordJune 14, 1987
If we fail to do so simply because these ships previously flew the flag of another country, we would abdicate our role as a naval power.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on the Venice Economic Summit, Arms Control, and the Deficit

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