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Steve Buyer: I was constantly asked the question, whether it be from the news media, members of the Parliament, House of Lords or…

On the recordMarch 5, 1996
I was constantly asked the question, whether it be from the news media, members of the Parliament, House of Lords or even the citizens in the United Kingdom, what are you doing in the United States? Many people in the United Kingdom were extremely upset with the United States, in particular the President of the United States, with a coddling of Gerry Adams of the IRA, now that they have broken away from the peace process and have continued the indiscriminate acts of terror. I was almost left speechless, having to defend the President of the United States in what he had done in the past and not only in the past, but I am now deeply disturbed that while in Northern Ireland they have broken away from the peace process, that the President continues to coddle Gerry Adams, the leader of the Sinn Fein, the political party of the IRA, while the citizens in London and the rest of the United Kingdom do not know if they can walk down the streets in safety, whether the phone booth will explode, whether they can ride on a city bus.
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Steve Buyer
Indiana

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Discussing U.S. relations with the UK regarding the IRA and the peace process.

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