10/11/1978
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"I don't see any immediate prospect that we would want to reinstate the draft."
"That's the basic issue."
"It authorizes the American Institute in Taiwan, a nongovernmental entity incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, to conduct these relations."
"I'm committed to it; the country needs it; it's already clear that the people demand it."