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Richard Nixon

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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.

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Feb 15, 1971

We maintain that [applause]---And we must maintain that force not because we want war, but because in the truest sense of the word in peacetime the Armed Forces of the United States all over this world are truly peace forces.

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Feb 15, 1971

The American Legion stood firmly by the President of the United States.

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Feb 15, 1971

I urge you to continue to support whoever is the President of the United States, whatever his party, in the cause of the United States maintaining the strength that we must maintain to play the role that must be played by the strongest…

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Feb 15, 1971

I think I have learned more deeply than I had ever understood before what the Legion means to America.

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Feb 15, 1971

The American Legion took the side of a strong national defense, as it always has.

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Feb 15, 1971

I am grateful for that, and I express my appreciation to all the members of the American Legion for that support in that period.

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Feb 15, 1971

Let us remember: Whether it was World War I, whether it was World War II, whether it was Korea, or whether it was Vietnam, the United States has not started a war anyplace.

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Feb 15, 1971

Support that was given at a time when many were not sure as to how the operation would come out, was support that was most welcome to the President of the United States.

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Feb 15, 1971

The fact that the operation did succeed; the fact that, as you know, our casualties since Cambodia have been reduced by two-thirds; that 100,000 Americans have come home since that time and are continuing to come home; the fact that as a…

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Feb 10, 1971

Except as provided in section 7, this order shall apply to all executive departments, independent agencies, and Government corporations, including their field services.

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Feb 10, 1971

I want to say that the new Ambassador at Large will have an assignment immediately.

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Feb 10, 1971

By the signing of this treaty, we have pledged to seek its promise and to remove its peril.

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Feb 10, 1971

We hope that we will be meeting, perhaps in the future, perhaps in this room, perhaps in some other room in some other capital, for the final great step in the control of nuclear arms: the control of nuclear arms on earth.

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Feb 10, 1971

Any employee whose basic workweek does not include Sunday and who would ordinarily be excused from work on a holiday falling within his basic workweek shall be excused from work on the next workday of his basic workweek whenever a holiday…

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Feb 10, 1971

I pledge that as we sign this treaty in an era of negotiation, that we consider it only one step toward a greater goal: the control of nuclear weapons on earth and the reduction of that danger that hangs over all the nations of the world…

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Feb 10, 1971

The fact that you are leaving the Treasury does not mean you are going to have a long vacation.

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Feb 10, 1971

It has been very properly pointed out that the seabed is man's last frontier on earth, and that frontier can either be a source of peril or promise.

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Feb 10, 1971

We seek an agreement there which will reduce the danger of nuclear war which hangs over the world and reduce it by controlling the nuclear arms, both as far as the Soviet Union is concerned and the United States.

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Feb 10, 1971

The provisions of this order shall apply to officers and employees of the Post Office Department and the United States Postal Service (except that sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 shall not apply to the Postal Field Service) until changed by the…

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Feb 10, 1971

Holiday means the first day of January, the third Monday of February, the last Monday of May, the fourth day of July, the first Monday of September, the second Monday of October, the fourth Monday of October, the fourth Thursday of…

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Feb 10, 1971

It is an indication of progress that has been made and continues to be made toward the goal that we all seek: the control of instruments of mass destruction, so that we can reduce the danger of war.

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Feb 10, 1971

Any employee whose workday covers portions of two calendar days and who would, except for this section, ordinarily be excused from work scheduled for the hours of any calendar day on which a holiday falls, shall instead be excused from…

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