05/01/1984
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"Well, congratulations, and God bless you."
"This and other actions to modernize our limited chemical retaliatory capability serve to deter the use of chemical weapons by our potential adversaries."
"Strength, not weakness, is the best way to achieve results with our adversaries."
"When we look back, 1988 will be a year of great accomplishment toward our goals."