08/22/1976
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"I will nominate W. Howard Wriggins, of the Bronx, N.Y., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Sri Lanka and to the Republic of Maldives."
"There are difficulties, obviously, in reaching final decisions on matters that are very controversial."
"I don't agree that there are growing difficulties between ourselves and the Soviet Union."
"My emphasis on human rights is central to our foreign policy."