Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events |
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... will be Americans and the remainder , four , will be proposed by Panama to the United States for appointment . The treaty also provides that the United States shall have primary responsibility to protect and defend the canal .
... will be Americans and the remainder , four , will be proposed by Panama to the United States for appointment . The treaty also provides that the United States shall have primary responsibility to protect and defend the canal .
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Of course , as I mentioned earlier , under another provision of this treaty the primary responsibility to protect and ... is the United States which is given the powers and authorities under this treaty to meet those responsibilities .
Of course , as I mentioned earlier , under another provision of this treaty the primary responsibility to protect and ... is the United States which is given the powers and authorities under this treaty to meet those responsibilities .
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I suggest to my distinguished friends , the majority leader and minority leader , that we share their responsibility . We share their concern . We hope that when we offer amendments , they will share our concern and they will share our ...
I suggest to my distinguished friends , the majority leader and minority leader , that we share their responsibility . We share their concern . We hope that when we offer amendments , they will share our concern and they will share our ...
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Contents
REPRESENTATIVE STATEMENTS ON THE MAJOR THEMES | 17 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
SUMMARY TEXT AND VOTE FOR ALL PROPOSED AMEND | 343 |
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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 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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