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Jimmy Carter: I have approved the agreement and authorized its execution, and urge that the Congress give it favorable consideration.

On the recordJanuary 12, 1981
I have approved the agreement and authorized its execution, and urge that the Congress give it favorable consideration.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States-Colombia Agreement on Nuclear Energy Message to the Congress Transmitting the Agreement.

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