Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events |
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Taken as a whole and in conjunction with the Neutrality Treaty I believe that our defense interests are insured by the new agreement As a member of the Armed Services Committee , I sat through man hours of discussion and open debate ...
Taken as a whole and in conjunction with the Neutrality Treaty I believe that our defense interests are insured by the new agreement As a member of the Armed Services Committee , I sat through man hours of discussion and open debate ...
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I believe that to be satisfactory . For the United States , it appears that we are running no loss to our own economy . The canal's use has been diminishing constantly and less than 1 percent of our GNP goes through the canal today .
I believe that to be satisfactory . For the United States , it appears that we are running no loss to our own economy . The canal's use has been diminishing constantly and less than 1 percent of our GNP goes through the canal today .
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I believe that after the extensive hearings before the Foreign Relations Committee and the investigations of the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees on which I sit , we have the best information before us .
I believe that after the extensive hearings before the Foreign Relations Committee and the investigations of the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees on which I sit , we have the best information before us .
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1 Senator Edmund Muskie February 28 1978 | 206 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
177 | 272 |
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| Title | Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events U.S. and Panama and their canal : the diplomatic and legal record |
| Author | Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service |
| Contributor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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