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Robert C. Byrd: “We cannot effectively be a peacekeeper among warring factions, if we have chosen sides in this conflict.”

On the recordOctober 28, 1983
We cannot effectively be a peacekeeper among warring factions, if we have chosen sides in this conflict.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Oct 28, 1983

Editor's note · Context

Debating the continued presence of U.S. Marines in Lebanon.

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