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Robert C. Byrd: “Everyone acknowledges that sanctions are an imperfect tool of foreign policy, but what is the alternative? We cannot…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1986
Everyone acknowledges that sanctions are an imperfect tool of foreign policy, but what is the alternative? We cannot idly sit by while the violence in South Africa increases. We cannot stand aside-unconcerned-as that nation hemorrhages from self-inflicted wounds.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jul 22, 1986

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the administration's South Africa policy and calling for Senate action on sanctions.

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