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Jimmy Carter: It is inconceivable that the Congress would allow the Panama Canal to be closed even for a short time.

On the recordSeptember 19, 1979
It is inconceivable that the Congress would allow the Panama Canal to be closed even for a short time.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Panama Canal Treaties; White House Statement on Disapproval of Implementing Legislation by the House of Representatives.

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