Richard Nixon: “These are some of the goals that I see for our Nation on the temporal side.”

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

I am pleased that in this bill the Congress has expressed support for our objectives by authorizing $22.2 billion for military procurement purposes during fiscal year 1975.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

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.