On the recordSeptember 21, 1978
The biggest cancer that was growing that threatened to destroy our relationship with all the nations to the south was the Panama Canal treaties.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe biggest cancer that was growing that threatened to destroy our relationship with all the nations to the south was the Panama Canal treaties.
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