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Robert C. Byrd: “We must be reminded daily of the atrocities being committed in Afghanistan. We cannot let ourselves become numb to mass…”

On the recordJuly 2, 1980
We must be reminded daily of the atrocities being committed in Afghanistan. We cannot let ourselves become numb to mass murder.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jul 2, 1980

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Speaking on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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