I have supported, and the nation should maintain, the important principle that when men have been called into jeopardy of their very lives in protection of the nation, then the nation as a whole incurs a special obligation beyond that to any other groups of its citizens.
Letter to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee About the Emergency Adjusted Compensation Bill.
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