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Jimmy Carter: One of the greatest failures of national leadership is the failure to convince the American people of the urgency of our…

On the recordAugust 5, 1976
One of the greatest failures of national leadership is the failure to convince the American people of the urgency of our energy problems.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Response to Questions by the Association for Cooperation in Engineering

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