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Jimmy Carter: I shall continue to exercise the powers at my disposal to deal with those threats.

On the recordDecember 3, 1980
I shall continue to exercise the powers at my disposal to deal with those threats.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

International Emergency Economic Powers Act Message to the Congress Reporting on Administration Actions

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