USA: SENATOR HELMS PROMISES TO STAND FIRM AGAINST WILLIAM WELD
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President Reagan Meeting with Senator Jesse Helms on June 29, 1984
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WAVY Archive: 1981 Senator Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. was an American politician and a leader in the conservative movement. He was elected five times as a Republican to the United States Senate from North Carolina. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001 he had a major voice in foreign policy. Helms helped organize and fund the conservative resurgence in the 1970s, focusing on Ronald Reagan's quest for the White House as well as helping many local and regional candidates.