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On the recordSeptember 10, 1979
I plan to send promptly to the Congress a defense budget amendment to restore enough funds to continue in FY 1980 to carry out the Administration's defense program.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Defense Budgets Message to the Congress on the Fiscal Year 1980 and 1981 Budgets.

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