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Richard Nixon: A second imperative is the protection of children from actual suffering and deprivation.

On the recordDecember 8, 1971
A second imperative is the protection of children from actual suffering and deprivation.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Veto of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1971

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