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Jimmy Carter: The security of our Nation must be the first concern of every President who has ever lived in this house.

On the recordDecember 11, 1979
The security of our Nation must be the first concern of every President who has ever lived in this house.
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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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