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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 17, 1965

I am confident that it will render equally signal service to the defense of our two countries in the years ahead.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 17, 1965

President Johnson noted with deep appreciation the contribution of the Republic of Korea towards the defense of Viet-Nam.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 19, 1964

We are prepared to defend peace and freedom and do it promptly against any act of hostility or aggression anywhere.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 17, 1964

We will demonstrate anew that the strong can be just in the use of strength; and the just can be strong in the defense of justice.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 17, 1964

We must be ready to defend the national interest and to negotiate the common interest.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 16, 1964

We in the United States remain ready, as I know you do, to work with all our allies to insure that ours is a growing partnership of freedom based on shared responsibility for the most effective defense of our people and our freedom.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 28, 1964

For us in the United States NATO is a tested and a recognized cornerstone of United States foreign policy.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 28, 1964

America seeks a growing partnership of freedom, a partnership that is based on shared respect of reality and shared responsibility for effective defense.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 24, 1964

I want to tell you as long as I am President, I intend to keep our defenses the best in all the world.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

I know, from what Congressman Wayne Hays of Ohio has told me, how much the parliamentarians have done to plan to ensure that this great instrument of the defense of freedom will flourish and continue to keep the peace.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Mar 5, 1963

We have indicated that we would keep our commitments to Europe, and we have indicated that our atomic strength is sufficient to defend Europe and the United States and our other interests.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 25, 1963

These plans and programs shall be designed to develop a state of readiness in these areas with respect to all conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United States and, consistent with applicable provisions of the…

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