07/19/1979
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"The United States prefers a peaceful solution, in preference to the other remedies which are available to us under international law."
"National Unity Day is a day for fostering cooperation and goodwill among all Americans."
"We have pursued every legal channel available to us to secure their safe and prompt release."
"It has shown contempt not only for international law but for the entire international structure for securing the peaceful resolution of differences among nations."