Press Conference U.S.A.: Sen. John Sparkman - 1978 Part 1

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SENATOR SPARKMAN, WHO IS RETIRING THIS YEAR, CHAIRS THE POWERFUL FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE. IT IS FROM THIS COMMITTEE ROOM THAT OUR CORRESPONDENTS INTERVIEW HIM. BILL MCCRORY MODERATES, JOSEPH MCCAFFREY, STEPHEN BARBER OF THE LONDON DAILY TELE- GRAPH AND HENRY TREWHITT OF THE BALTIMORE SUN ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE SELLING OF MILITARY HARDWARE TO EGYPT, THE U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE HORN OF AFRICA, THE PANAMA CANAL TREATIES, SALT II, THE U.S. AS A DECLINING WORLD POWER AND POSSIBLE U.S. ISOLATIONISM. THE SENATOR WAS POSITIVE ON MOST EVERY POINT. HE FELT THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND HIS COMMITTE HAD BEEN HARMONIOUS.

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Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities