Ronald Reagan: “Today marks the fifth anniversary of the day Leo Ryan was tragically…”

On the recordNovember 17, 1983

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the day Leo Ryan was tragically struck down by an assassin's bullet on a faraway airport runway in Guyana.

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Republican · California

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Statement on Signing the Bill Authorizing a Congressional Gold Medal Honoring the Late Representative Leo J. Ryan

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