Ronald Reagan: “We will not sit idly by if our interests or our friends in the Middle…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1987

We will not sit idly by if our interests or our friends in the Middle East are threatened, nor will we yield to terrorist blackmail.

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Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union

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