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Patrick Leahy: “Let me say one last time that we can ban landmines. We can ban landmines certainly within this century. We can ban them…”

On the recordApril 17, 1996
Let me say one last time that we can ban landmines. We can ban landmines certainly within this century. We can ban them if the most powerful nation on Earth, the United States, takes the leadership role that it must in this. If we do what so many other countries have already done, and if we, instead of following them, step out ahead of them, we can ban these landmines once and for all. If we do, our men and women, when sent into harm's way, will be safer. Our humanitarian workers will be safer, and millions of children and innocent civilians around the world will become safer.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Advocating for a ban on landmines during a Senate floor speech.

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