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Cord Byrd: “I have tried to carefully listen to the Senator's remarks, and I think I have heard the implication that Congress was…”

On the recordJune 24, 1998
I have tried to carefully listen to the Senator's remarks, and I think I have heard the implication that Congress was somehow at fault in Somalia for the lack of supplying of heavy equipment.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Addressing implications of Congressional responsibility in Somalia during a Senate debate.

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