The President's News Conference
05/25/1977
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The amendment would resolve these difficulties and facilitate greater safety by allowing a State of registry and a State...
I’ll wait until the hostages are released, and then I'll have another statement to make.
I don't think the administration has ever picked up the ball, much less dropped it.
But my hope is that there will be some clarification of what the United States is doing now and what they will be doing ...