“a stunning failure of leadership”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“I’m popular”

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On the recordApril 5, 1931
Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), entitled 'An act to authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases,' as amended by act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that the land hereinafter listed be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for public use in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of the act of December 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 865):
Said by
Herbert Hoover
Republican · California
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Executive Order 5594—Public Water Reserve No. 138, Nevada and Wyoming

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