I believe that there's a growing sentiment, both in the United States among our people and also among the Senators who have studied this matter so carefully, that the treaties indeed should be ratified, and ratified without delay.
Jimmy Carter: “I believe that there's a growing sentiment, both in the United States among our people and also among the Senators who…”
On the recordJanuary 16, 1978
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Panama Canal Treaties Question-and-Answer Session by Telephone With Participants in a Townhall Meeting on the Treaties in...
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