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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969, until his resignation on August 9, 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. Nixon's presidency is noted for significant foreign policy achievements, including the historic opening of relations with China and the policy of détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he is recognized for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and implementing various social programs.
And I know that as we meet today with you and with the other members of your party, we will develop further programs where Italy and the United States will work together in the cause of peace and friendship and progress for all the nations…
We are investing more of our nation's resources in the health of our people but we are not getting a full return on our investment.
All of us must now join together in a common effort to meet this crisis--each doing his own part to mobilize more effectively the enormous potential of our health care system.
I will not allow those forces to be endangered by a massive North Vietnamese incursion, if one should be undertaken.
As long as the North Vietnamese have any Americans as prisoners of war, there will be Americans in South Vietnam and enough Americans to give them an incentive to release the prisoners.
I will make a further announcement on troop withdrawals, as I have indicated, before the May 1st period when the last troop withdrawal period will have expired.
The policy of this Government is for a total withdrawal, provided there is a withdrawal by the other side.
Development assistance, however slow its results, is an important means of cooperating with the lower income nations to help them solve their most critical problems.
It will, I believe, be recognized by our people as a proud American investment in the future of all mankind, and therefore in a better world for future generations of Americans.
The proposals are made necessary by the dramatic changes which have taken place over recent years in the conditions that surround and influence development assistance.
Any decision that called for American participation would have to be approved in Washington.
I won't speculate on what South Vietnam may decide to do with regard to a possible incursion into North Vietnam in order to defend their national security.
I have proposed to the Congress a major transformation in the policy directions and organizational structure of this important program.
I talked to Senator Brooke about that just a few days ago and asked him to speak to some of those who had made this request.
The law does not require that the Federal Government step in and provide in a neighborhood the type of housing that an individual could afford to move into.
I will simply say this: That until the United States obtains an arms control limitation between the two great super powers, one that we can rely upon and that they can rely upon, it is essential that the United States maintain an adequate…
I remember it was lonely from the standpoint of public support, and I understood why.
The United States has fought in defense of freedom, and we must maintain those defense and free forces.
I am very honored to receive this Distinguished Service award of the American Legion.
Members of the American Legion, Mr. President, know what it means to look down the barrel of a gun.
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