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On the recordJuly 10, 1978
The United States seeks a detente that is both broadly defined and fully reciprocal.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Interview With the President Question-and-Answer Session With Heinz Lohfeldt of Der Spiegel Magazine.

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