Jimmy Carter actually said...

I have determined that these four regulatory programs should be extended because the results attendant upon the lapse of these authorities would be unacceptable in light of present U.S. foreign policy objectives.

Context

Embargo Regulations Under the Trading With the Enemy Act Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate

09/07/1978

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