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Robert C. Byrd: “The United States is the yardstick by which millions of people around the world measure their own nations and their own…”

On the recordJune 14, 1983
The United States is the yardstick by which millions of people around the world measure their own nations and their own standards of life and progress.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jun 14, 1983

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Speaking on the meaning of the American flag.

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