Richard Nixon actually said...

The increased requirement results from the larger scale of hostilities and the higher levels of ordnance required by the Cambodian Army and Air Force to defend themselves without American air support.

Context

Special Message to the Congress Requesting Emergency Security Assistance Funding for Israel and Cambodia

10/18/1973

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