I stand here today to ask for dropping of the embargo not because I care less about the MIA's or the POW's or their families, but because the best way to get further information for MIA's and POW's is to drop the embargo. There is no doubt in my mind that we ought to drop that embargo.
The speaker addresses the need to drop the embargo on Vietnam to aid in finding MIAs and POWs.
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