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Jimmy Carter: “I would rather not give specifics, but we are prepared to take action that would be quite serious in its consequences…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1980
I would rather not give specifics, but we are prepared to take action that would be quite serious in its consequences for Iran.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Interview With the President Excerpts From a Question-and-Answer Session With John Chancellor of NBC News

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