Multilateralism and the U.S. National Interest in Disarmament
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Let me say at the outset how pleased I am to have the honour of visiting your beautiful state and of speaking with you tonight. I come, as you know, from an organization created through the vision of American leaders like Franklin Roosevelt -an organization, however, that has recently been widely caricatured as a giant paper factory and a talk shop -a huge, sprawling bureaucracy, totally out of control and, according to some extremist observers, one that is even keen on usurping the sovereignty of its member states.
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