Complex sentence: In March 1986, Bush outlined the government's policy on the combating of terrorism in an interagency task force report presented to President Reagan and said publicly the strategy of the federal government was to retaliate without "wantonly" terminating human lives.
Split into simpler sentences: In March 1986, Bush outlined the government's policy on the combating of terrorism in an interagency task force report presented to President Reagan. He said publicly that the strategy of the federal government was to retaliate without "wantonly" terminating human lives.