Richard Nixon actually said...

It is not in the interest of the Foreign Service or the United States that career officers become subject to retribution for diligent execution of their instructions.

Context

White House Statement About the Failure To Confirm Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley as an Assistant Secretary of State.

07/11/1973

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