Richard Nixon: “I am sure that this experience has demonstrated to you that we are trying to come to grips with the great issues of our…”

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.