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Robert C. Byrd: “We should not and cannot be paid policemen, hired guns in the postwar setting.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1991
We should not and cannot be paid policemen, hired guns in the postwar setting.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 28, 1991

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on the end of the Persian Gulf war and America's postwar role.

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