We want to pledge to you--I as President, the Secretary of State, all of us in this administration-that we, on our part, will assume our responsibility to do everything that we can to bring the war in Vietnam to an honorable conclusion.
Remarks on Arrival at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Oxnard, California.
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