The President's News Conference
04/09/1979
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The United States is not hostile towards Islam as a religion.
The final report required by section 1-202 of this Order shall be transmitted no later than March 15, 1980.
Our purpose is to get the hostages home and get them safe.
I am not going to take any military action that would cause bloodshed or arouse the unstable captors of our hostages to attack them or to pu...