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Robert C. Byrd: “The world goes on. Out of sight, out of mind. That appears to me to be the situation in Afghanistan.”

On the recordJuly 16, 1986
The world goes on. Out of sight, out of mind. That appears to me to be the situation in Afghanistan.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jul 16, 1986

Editor's note · Context

Urging attention to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

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