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On the recordSeptember 30, 1980
I would pray that the hostages would come home at the earliest possible moment regardless of the date of the election.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Flint, Michigan Interview With Joe Stroud and Remer Tyson of the Detroit Free Press

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