Ronald Reagan said "We can't ask the brave young men and women in our Armed Forces to protect America with second-rate equipment and bargain-basement weapons." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 28, 1983

We can't ask the brave young men and women in our Armed Forces to protect America with second-rate equipment and bargain-basement weapons.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Fund-raising Dinner for Senator John Tower in Houston, Texas

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