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On the recordMarch 21, 1982
The bottom line is the Soviet embargo was bad for our farmers, bad for our economy, but not that bad for the aggressors we were supposedly going to punish.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks on United States Agricultural Policy to Representatives of Agricultural Publications and Organizations

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