Address on Leadership
12/14/1977
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I believe, in the freedom of our American hostages.
But my hope is that there will be some clarification of what the United States is doing now and what they will be doing ...
It would serve the Nation equally ill to underrate our strengths and our proven ability to handle difficult issues.
I will have signed an Executive Order directing American banks located within the United States which hold Iranian depos...