News Conference in New York City
07/14/1976
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But in the future the burden of persuasion will be on those who favor a particular arms sale, rather than those who oppose it.
I will nominate Robert L. Nelson, of Washington, D.C., to be Assistant Secretary of the Army.
The virtually unrestrained spread of conventional weaponry threatens stability in every region of the world.
The United States will henceforth view arms transfers as an exceptional foreign policy implement.