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Ronald Reagan: Betraying a nation's secrets was a crime worse than murder.

On the recordOctober 6, 1987
Betraying a nation's secrets was a crime worse than murder.
Said by
Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Irving R. Kaufman

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