On the recordMay 21, 1976
We cannot have 535 elected officials and as many more candidates making the critical foreign policy decisions that arise daily and sometimes hourly.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGerald Ford: “We cannot have 535 elected officials and as many more candidates making the critical foreign policy decisions that arise…”
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session in Portland With Members of the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
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