On the recordOctober 15, 1972
It would be the most immoral thing I could think of to give amnesty to draft dodgers and those who deserted the United States.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt would be the most immoral thing I could think of to give amnesty to draft dodgers and those who deserted the United States.
Remarks to a Meeting of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.
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