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Joe Biden - Congress failed to ratify the SALT II Treaty signed

Time: 1979

Place: U.S.

Details: After Congress failed to ratify the SALT II Treaty signed in 1979 by Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev and President Jimmy Carter, Biden met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to communicate American concerns and secured changes that addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's objections.

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