Ronald Reagan actually said...

We are making every effort, and stepping up our diplomatic efforts, to bring about what I think must be the answer—not a military, but a political solution there.

Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Pentagon Report on the Security of United States Marines in...

12/26/1983

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