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On the recordJune 24, 1980
Our domestic economic situation, of course, would concern me whether or not this were an election year.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Interview With the President Responses to Written Questions Submitted by Wilton Fonseca of the Portuguese News Agency, ANOP.

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