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On the recordAugust 4, 1974
A number of provisions authorize spending for unneeded equipment and could thus inflate defense spending unnecessarily at a time when we all should recognize the need to avoid waste.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1975.

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