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Robert C. Byrd: “I hope that we in the Senate and the American people understand that if we are going to really make the Soviet Union…”

On the recordDecember 13, 1980
I hope that we in the Senate and the American people understand that if we are going to really make the Soviet Union understand and sit up and take notice then we are going to have to be united.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Dec 13, 1980

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on national unity in responding to Soviet actions, including toward Poland.

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