Ronald Reagan actually said...

The United States must and will support our friends who are building and defending democracy in Central America.

Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina

06/15/1983

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I understand this decision is deeply controversial and that some profoundly disagree with what was done.

I know some persist in saying that we traded Zakharov for Daniloff.

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I wasn't giving them to the Ayatollah Khomeini.