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Jimmy Carter: I think that in the last 3 years when the embargoes have been imposed... there was an emergency.

On the recordAugust 25, 1976
I think that in the last 3 years when the embargoes have been imposed... there was an emergency.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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