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Richard Nixon: With regard to the military benefits, let me say first why we did it.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1972
With regard to the military benefits, let me say first why we did it.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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A Conversation With the President, Interview With Dan Rather of the Columbia Broadcasting System

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