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Herbert Hoover: “I have placed on the Army itself the first responsibility of this inquiry; and I haven't any doubt that they will…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1929
I have placed on the Army itself the first responsibility of this inquiry; and I haven't any doubt that they will cooperate with the Executive in an endeavor to meet the public need of an adequate preparedness at the least possible cost.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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