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Robert C. Byrd: “We have a duty to look forward and to leave the dust of the battle here. Let it settle. Let bygones be bygones and…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1989
We have a duty to look forward and to leave the dust of the battle here. Let it settle. Let bygones be bygones and attribute to each Member the benefit of the doubt.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 9, 1989

Editor's note · Context

Speaking at the close of a contested Senate debate on a nominee.

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