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Robert C. Byrd: “America is paying heavily for a worldwide program designed to protect the peace through the deterrence of local or…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1958
America is paying heavily for a worldwide program designed to protect the peace through the deterrence of local or general war, and by strengthening the economic and political structure of the Free World.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 25, 1958

Editor's note · Context

Warning against a summit with the Soviet Union that might undermine United States alliances.

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