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David Skaggs: “So it would not apply to the circumstance that the country endured for the better part of 40 years, namely, the cold…”

On the recordApril 15, 1996
So it would not apply to the circumstance that the country endured for the better part of 40 years, namely, the cold war?
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David Skaggs
Colorado

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Discussing the implications of legislation in relation to the Cold War.

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