The President's News Conference
03/08/1977
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
But, when a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States of Ame...
That our country for the first time in my lifetime has abandoned basic principles of human rights.
I don't think so. Maybe he'll change his mind when he sees the recommendation of the upcoming committee Monday morning.
I don't think the administration has ever picked up the ball, much less dropped it.