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Jimmy Carter: For 30 years now, we've had with us the destructive power of atomic weapons, and we've almost become complacent about…

On the recordMarch 13, 1977
For 30 years now, we've had with us the destructive power of atomic weapons, and we've almost become complacent about the terrible nature of the threat that exists.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Remarks at the Swearing In of Paul C. Warnke as Director.

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