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Jimmy Carter: “It is a modern charter, well designed to meet the needs of the dedicated, able men and women of the Foreign Service in…”

On the recordOctober 16, 1980
It is a modern charter, well designed to meet the needs of the dedicated, able men and women of the Foreign Service in the decades ahead.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Foreign Service Act of 1980 Statement on Signing H.R. 6790 Into Law

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