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Meet the Press Minute: Biden discusses the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1980
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August 13, 2023
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1:35Now PlayingFive Americans imprisoned in Iran are one step closer to home after the U.S. and Iran reached a rare breakthrough this week. In 1980, as President Jimmy Carter struggled to navigate the unfolding Iran Hostage Crisis, then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) joined Meet the Press to offer his perspective: "The most important thing both for the American public and for the Iranians and the Ayatollah to understand is that the president is cool, calm and deliberate."
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