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Robert C. Byrd: “I say again that we are entirely too sensitive--entirely too sensitive--about Russian concern. What we should be…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1979
I say again that we are entirely too sensitive--entirely too sensitive--about Russian concern. What we should be concerned with is the interests of the United States.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 26, 1979

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the U.S. response to the Chinese invasion of Vietnam and Soviet reactions.

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