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Jimmy Carter: “There's no way for me to look at a welcoming crowd at the airfield or to look on your faces without realizing that…”

On the recordJune 30, 1979
There's no way for me to look at a welcoming crowd at the airfield or to look on your faces without realizing that Hawaii not only has a great natural beauty but also a great human and political beauty.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Hickam Air Force Base

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