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Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. President, I know what it is to lose a grandson, and I know that there are many fathers and mothers and grandparents…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1991
Mr. President, I know what it is to lose a grandson, and I know that there are many fathers and mothers and grandparents and wives and brothers and sisters who pray each night that their sons and daughters, their relatives, will come back home safely.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jan 12, 1991

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Debating the resolutions on the use of force against Iraq.

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