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Robert C. Byrd: “We rebuilt the world for half a century, and the West is strong and safe. While America will remain an international…”

On the recordNovember 23, 1991
We rebuilt the world for half a century, and the West is strong and safe. While America will remain an international leader, the world is now more a collection of healthy Western nation states, and unhealthy and recovering Eastern former Communist nations.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Nov 23, 1991

Editor's note · Context

Arguing for shifting priorities from defense to domestic needs after the cold war.

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