Richard Nixon actually said...

Moreover, military personnel now have the assurance that their ideas will not go unheeded in drab suggestion boxes, but will be carefully screened and considered at the highest policy levels of the government.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Reports on the Cash Awards Program for Military Personnel.

03/03/1969

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