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On the recordJanuary 6, 1981
The international crisis created by the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran and the taking of Americans hostage overshadowed much of the 34th General Assembly.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Participation in the United Nations Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report

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