Ronald Reagan: “This is a tragedy that never should have happened, and we challenge…”

On the recordMarch 24, 1985

This is a tragedy that never should have happened, and we challenge that.

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Republican · California

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Exchange With Reporters on the Death of Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., in the German Democratic Republic

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Ronald Reagan: “This is a tragedy that never should have happened, and we challenge that.”