Robert C. Byrd: “By inaction we cannot escape responsibility for what happens in the…”

On the recordOctober 21, 1987

By inaction we cannot escape responsibility for what happens in the Persian Gulf.

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Oct 21, 1987

Debating a timetable for Senate action on U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf and the War Powers Resolution.

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Robert C. Byrd: “By inaction we cannot escape responsibility for what happens in the Persian Gulf.”