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Jimmy Carter: “It is not politics when one nation sends 100,000 of its heavily armed troops across a border and subjugates its…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1980
It is not politics when one nation sends 100,000 of its heavily armed troops across a border and subjugates its peace-loving, deeply religious neighbor.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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National Conference on Physical Fitness and Sports for All Remarks at the Opening Session of the Conference

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