Ronald Reagan actually said...

Now that it's the initial phase of the negotiating process—laying the groundwork, setting the agenda, establishing areas of agreement as well as disagreement—that pays off in the future.

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Remarks at a White House Briefing on Soviet-United States Relations for the President's Commission on Executive...

10/05/1986

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