Statement on the Death of Murray M. Chotiner.
01/29/1974
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Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued sec...
I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.
I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.
To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.