You and Mary have been a source of great strength to Lady Bird and me.

It is never easy to part with a member of our official family or adequately to convey how much we will miss him.

This just carries out a commitment that we have made.

Mr. Secretary, we are ready to swear you in and welcome you to the Cabinet.

I asked him to come to see me and to take this assignment.

DONE at the City of Washington this eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first.

Our second objective is partnership--to create an effective partnership at all levels of government.

The last 3 years bear witness to our determination to make this a better country.

I believe that we will have a good year.

I feel about that like I do most speculation.

This is the fourth time I have met with the Governors this year.

I will be glad to take any questions.

Now America is older and perhaps wiser.

CHRISTMAS is a time for hope.

America does not fail them.

In the United States, we have made more progress in human rights in the past 6 years than we have made in all of the previous 100 years.

And finally, in Vietnam, the tide of battle has turned.

Grave problems threaten us all.