Ronald Reagan: “This is a national security issue, an issue on which we must act not…”

On the recordMarch 15, 1986

This is a national security issue, an issue on which we must act not as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans.

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Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on the Situation in Nicaragua

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Ronald Reagan: “This is a national security issue, an issue on which we must act not as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans.”