On the recordApril 4, 1984
Let us make sure we will look, and think, before we leap. We were in Lebanon before we even knew why. Some of the best of our fighting men were killed without really knowing why they were in Lebanon.
Robert C. Byrd: “Let us make sure we will look, and think, before we leap. We were in Lebanon before we even knew why. Some of the best…”
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Supporting an amendment requiring deliberation before sending U.S. troops into combat.
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