| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1980 - 78 páginas
...steps serve an explicit and unmistakable purpose. As President Carter has said : "An attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf...assault on the vital interests of the United States, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force." We are also... | |
| Erik Peter Hoffmann, Frederic J. Fleron - 778 páginas
...Carter has solemnly stated in his State of the Union message (23 January, 1980), that "an attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf...assault on the vital interests of the United States. It will be repelled by use of any means necessary including military force." Whether the military options... | |
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