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On the recordDecember 13, 1970
I am sorry to see him leave as Secretary of the Treasury.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Plans To Nominate Secretary Kennedy as Ambassador-at-Large and Governor Connally as Secretary of the Treasury

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