Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990113214

But you cannot convince me that when somebody jumps overboard and swims to shore that he is not wanting to defect. And not one single newspaper account that I have seen says anything except the administration is reasonably satisfied that this sailor did not want to defect. I can tell you as a former trial lawyer that I would certainly hate to try to convince a jury of that proposition. The time to investigate what is going on there and whether or not this sailor actually wanted to seek asylum ought not be made 2 days after that ship leaves. It ought to be made now. Mr.
Keywords matched
seek asylum

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
DALE BUMPERS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AR
Gender
M
Date
1985-10-31
Speech ID
990113214
Paragraph
#0
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