After long and intense debate, we have set a responsible course of action by taking another important step forward.
Ronald Reagan: “After long and intense debate, we have set a responsible course of action by taking another important step forward.”
On the recordSeptember 30, 1986
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Statement on Signing the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
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