Richard Nixon: “I had to think of the effect of my decision on the next generation and…”

On the recordNovember 2, 1969

I had to think of the effect of my decision on the next generation and on the future of peace and freedom in America and in the world.

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Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam

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