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Burgess Owens: I want to wish Israel a happy birthday and state that it is 50 years old, and among nations that is really an infancy…

On the recordJune 9, 1998
I want to wish Israel a happy birthday and state that it is 50 years old, and among nations that is really an infancy, it is an infant nation. You know, the United States is 222 years old, and we are considered quite a young Nation at 222 years. Israel at 50 years is an infant nation.
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel.

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