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Richard Nixon: He must think first of all about the need to keep this country strong, about the need to maintain a national defense…

On the recordOctober 28, 1972
He must think first of all about the need to keep this country strong, about the need to maintain a national defense second to none in the world.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Radio Address on Defense Policy

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