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Richard Nixon: “I asked each of them to leave his office or his home for a period of time to think about his department, to think also…”

On the recordNovember 26, 1972
I asked each of them to leave his office or his home for a period of time to think about his department, to think also about his own role in Government, and then have a discussion with me with regard to how we could do a better job over the next 4 years than we have done over the past 4 years.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on Plans for the Second Term.

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