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Richard Nixon: We shall do whatever is required to safeguard American lives and American honor.

On the recordMay 7, 1972
We shall do whatever is required to safeguard American lives and American honor.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia.

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