Richard Nixon actually said...

I have visited Vietnam many times, and, speaking now from that experience and as Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, I feel it is my duty to speak up for the two and a half million fine young Americans who have served in Vietnam.

Context

Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia

04/06/1971

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