02/19/1979
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"Our Embassy in Rome is prepared to help in every possible way."
"I will be the President in the fullest sense of the word until Inauguration Day."
"We regret that there is no evidence of Soviet readiness to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan."
"We share our commitment to democracy, to freedom, to peace, to the strength of our alliances, to unrestrained international trade, to the enhancement of the ideals that we share."