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On the recordDecember 11, 1979
Sustained American strength is the only possible basis for the wider, truly reciprocal detente which we seek with the Soviet Union.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Defense Policy Remarks to Members of the Business Council

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