Jimmy Carter actually said...

This year, funding of the Sinai Support Mission is authorized under Chapter 6, Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act, 'Peacekeeping Operations'.

United States Sinai Support Mission Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report.

04/30/1979

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