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Secretary of State Shultz (right) and Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze (left) signing the original NRRC Agreement in 1988 in the White House Rose Garden, with President Reagan, Senators John Warner and Sam Nunn, and nine other Russian and U.S. officials looking on. President Reagan is standing to the left of the table, all of the others are standing behind.

U.S. Department of State

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