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Robert C. Byrd: “Our allies are flush with the fruits of decades of investment-a great deal of it investment by the American…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1991
Our allies are flush with the fruits of decades of investment-a great deal of it investment by the American taxpayers-and their economies, the economies of our allies, are healthy. The age of domineering global superpowers is over.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Feb 28, 1991

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on the end of the Persian Gulf war and America's postwar role.

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