Jimmy Carter: “The greatest danger to American security tonight is certainly not the…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 1979

The greatest danger to American security tonight is certainly not the two or three thousand Soviet troops in Cuba.

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Democratic · Georgia

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Peace and National Security Address to the Nation on Soviet Combat Troops in Cuba and the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

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Jimmy Carter: “The greatest danger to American security tonight is certainly not the two or three thousand Soviet troops in Cuba.”