12/29/1977
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"No. I would like for them to be released today, but I don't have any reason to predict that they will."
"I'm very pleased to announce this morning the completion of our contingency arrangements for assuring Israel's oil supply security."
"I think it would be inappropriate now to build up expectations for a breakthrough on the hostages."
"It is a modern charter, well designed to meet the needs of the dedicated, able men and women of the Foreign Service in the decades ahead."