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Richard Nixon: Viewed against the vital national objectives which our foreign assistance programs are designed to pursue, the act is a…

On the recordFebruary 6, 1972
Viewed against the vital national objectives which our foreign assistance programs are designed to pursue, the act is a great disappointment.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing the Foreign Assistance Act of 1971.

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