Too much of the debate in recent weeks has avoided the central issue and turned. instead. on irrelevant details. The President and Congress have not faced their responsibility squarely. The sight on the evening news of orphans and refugees has made too many fearful that a vote against further assistance would be misinterpreted. I assure my colleagues that the American people understand quite clearly that more aid to the governments of President Thieu of South Vietnam and Premier Long Boret of Cambodia will have only negative effects on those refugees and orphans. Some say the inevitable will be delayed a few weeks or a few months. the price for that will be more death and destruction. The United States has a moral obligation to end all U.S. assistance immediately.
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