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On the recordDecember 16, 1979
I am confident we can find the common ground on which the prompt ratification of this treaty, so important to our own national security and the peace of the world, will be achieved.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty Letter to 19 Members of the Senate

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