Ronald Reagan actually said...

I welcome the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands into the American family and congratulate our new fellow citizens.

Proclamation 5564—United States Relations With the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands

11/02/1986

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