Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters
05/16/1988
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We will be vigilant in the preservation of freedom and vigorous in its defense because we will not let down those who came before us or thos...
We made a promise that they'd have the first-class equipment and weapons they need to do their job and come home safely.
We must not and will not abandon them.
Rebuilding our defenses would come first.