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On the recordSeptember 30, 1980
I intend to be the President when a constant stream of American ships filled with American-built automobiles are unloading every week and every month in Tokyo and Yokohama.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Flint, Michigan Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Townhall Meeting

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