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Mentioned made similar decisions about never leaving a man or woman behind on the battlefield. and just doing my own research today, this goes back to revolutionary wartimes, does it not? >> absolutely. there's many examples of dealing with enemies, and arranging different kind of swaps and negotiations to release american soldiers, and other kinds of diplomats. the iran hostage crisis is a famous one, from jimmy carter, where he negotiated an end. ronald reagan did it in 1985. working with the israelis to try to free hostages in beirut through the release of people who were being detained by ...
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