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Robert C. Byrd: “We should make it clear that, although U.S. power is finite, we know what our vital interests are and what we are going…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1979
We should make it clear that, although U.S. power is finite, we know what our vital interests are and what we are going to do to protect them.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Feb 26, 1979

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on United States relations with the Soviet Union and China.

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