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Robert C. Byrd: “The American people and the Congress will not support a policy of indifference to the tragedy unfolding in South Africa.”

On the recordJuly 22, 1986
The American people and the Congress will not support a policy of indifference to the tragedy unfolding in South Africa.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jul 22, 1986

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the administration's South Africa policy and calling for Senate action on sanctions.

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